Job title: Finance Lead Shared Service Centre
Role: Permanent
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 + benefits
Location: Manchester (Hybrid working)
Key stakeholders: SSC Senior Leadership, Technology/IT, Finance Directors & Change Lead
Our client
Our client is a globally recognised industry leader operating within the media industry. They have partnered Altum Group to recruit a high-energy individual who will drive continuous improvement and cultural change across their Finance processes within the organisation’s SSC.
Key responsibilities
- Responsible for driving business improvement programmes across the SSC and implementing new processes and controls across the finance team
- Support the business change for the SSC and help drive new projects
- Project lead for Process Optimisation programmes
- Own the success of new processes and projects by thinking about wider support including training, communications & change management
- Engage with the rest of the SSC, Finance Directors and Programme Leads to drive new initiatives
- Design the future Business Change Function in the SSC
- Design and communicate SSC processes to wider business as new initiatives are developed
- Help drive innovative technology solutions such as RPA, Chatbots & visualisation
- Test current ways of working and recommend improved ways of doing things
- Strong interpersonal skills to work closely with current SSC staff, SSC management team and wider Finance function
Key experience
Essential
- Qualified accountant ideally ACA
- Strong understanding of transactional finance processes and systems
- Experience of implementing finance process and control improvements
- Ability to leverage technology to drive process improvement and optimisation
- Understanding and implementation of change management methodologies
- Understanding of finance automation
- Demonstrable experience communicating with and influencing a variety of senior stakeholders
- Analytical and problemsolving skills
- Experience delivering cultural change initiatives, specifically improving colleague and customer experience through mindset and behaviour change
- Demonstrable experience of business partnering and forging strong relationships with business leaders
- Track record of understanding business requirements and delivering solutions
Desirable
- Experience of cloud ERP programme or projects
- Knowledge of Continuous improvement/Lean six sigma
- Lean/Prince2/Green belt qualification
- Bringing best practice from other organisations and support its application in the current client
Could this be you?
Our client offers a great culture and the ability to work with high-performing staff, this role would suit a qualified accountant with experience leading change and leveraging technology in an SSC Continuous Improvement environment.
If this is you, don’t hesitate to apply as shortlisting and interviews are happening ASAP.