Description
We are seeking a dynamic, self-motivated finance professional to join our UK Finance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
As a Senior Finance Associate - Finance Transformation, you will play a crucial role in driving the end-to-end technical execution of complex strategic initiatives. You will act as a dedicated Finance Transformation Lead, translating between finance data and systems requirements to deliver solutions that scale.
Responsibilities:
- Project Leadership: Lead finance-based projects, navigating governance routines and managing RAIDD items.
- Rigorous Execution: Drive key project testing cycles, managing UAT and Close Simulation test scenarios efficiently to strict deadlines.
- Proactive Problem Solving: Identify system blockers early, develop workarounds, and communicate the impact to other Lines of Business.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with UK and enterprise teams to resolve issues and represent UK Finance's interests.
- Clear Communication: Focus and highlight key points with transparency when communicating complex project statuses to stakeholders.
- Data-Driven Insights: Generate meaningful insights, analysing qualitative and quantitative data to ensure data integrity.
- Core Finance Support: Provide general finance support and remediations as priorities are balanced during this transition.
Requirements:
- Proven experience in traditional finance processes combined with a strong project management or systems implementation background.
- Experience with general finance concepts, tools, and financial systems is highly preferred.
- Strong aptitude and adaptability to learn new systems.
- Ability to navigate difficult stakeholder situations and comprehensively consider the impact of decisions on other partner groups.
- Proactive mindset to identify problems, drive independent solutions, and influence your team to shape better outcomes.
- Collaborative approach, focused on building strong, connected working relationships.
- Strong focus on driving process improvement and a willingness to embrace new technology and AI to unlock operational efficiencies.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience specifically with Workday Financials.
Work Environment:
- This is a 12-month fixed-term position based in our Nottingham offices.
- Hybrid approach: you'll spend three days a week in our purpose-built office and have the option to work from home on Mondays and Fridays.