Finance Transformation Project Manager / Business Analyst

As the Finance Transformation Project Manager / Business Analyst, you will lead the delivery of our finance change project that will shape how our finance team operates, meets business needs and collaborates with the wider business. Your work will help drive meaningful change initiatives across people, processes, culture and technology to create a more efficient, technology-enabled finance function that delivers sustainable outcomes and measurable value.

This is a 12 month fixed-term contract.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the delivery of finance transformation projects and business change initiatives against agreed outcomes, benefits and organisational goals.
• Managing project scope, priorities, risks, dependencies and resources to support successful delivery.
• Translating complex business requirements into practical solutions that balance organisational needs and delivery constraints.
• Providing analysis, insight and recommendations to support decisions where information may be ambiguous, incomplete or evolving.
• Building alignment across stakeholders with differing priorities, interests and objectives.
• Influencing the design, implementation and adoption of change to maximise organisational benefit and minimise delivery risk.
• Facilitating collaboration between business stakeholders, delivery teams, suppliers and partners to achieve shared outcomes.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, ways of working and effectiveness.
• Supporting the embedding of change to ensure improvements are sustainable and benefits are realised.

What You'll Need

• Strong experience delivering finance transformation or change projects.
• Experience combining professional knowledge of project management, finance business analysis and organisational change within a complex business environment.
• Good technical understanding of data structures, systems integrations and technology-enabled solutions with the ability to speak with technical experts.
• Excellent analytical and commercial judgement to evaluate challenges, identify opportunities and determine appropriate solutions.
• Knowledge of governance, risk management, process improvement and delivery frameworks.
• Ability to interpret business, operational and strategic requirements and translate them into practical and achievable outcomes.
• Effective communication, stakeholder, and influencing skills to collaborate across functions and levels of the business, including non-technical & finance colleagues.
• Awareness of emerging practices, technologies and approaches relevant to organisational effectiveness and delivery performance.

Benefits & Initiatives

• Generous annual leave -25 days plus standard England and Wales bank holidays for full-time employees
• Long service holiday reward - Receive an extra day's annual leave for each year of service after six years, up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays for full-time colleagues
• Christmas office closure - Enjoy additional paid leave between Christmas Day and New Year's Day to cover discretionary office closure days
• Holiday purchase scheme - Buy up to three additional days' annual leave each year and spread the cost over up to six months
• MeDay - Take an additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday, a cultural or religious event, or another occasion that is meaningful to you
• Volunteering day - One paid day each year to support a charity, community group or cause close to your heart
• Hybrid and agile working - Flexible ways of working to help you balance work and life commitments (role dependent)
• Enhanced pension contributions - Benefit from employer pension contributions above the statutory minimum
• Life assurance - Providing financial protection and peace of mind for you and your loved ones
• Group Income Protection - Financial support if you're unable to work due to long-term illness or injury
• Family-friendly policies - Enhanced pay entitlements to support you and your family during important life events
• Health and wellbeing support, including:
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Virtual GP service
  • Health and wellbeing resources and tools
• Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - Supported by employee-led networks, with a culture where everyone feels welcome and valued. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer
• Cycle to Work scheme - Save money and support a healthier commute
• Electric Car scheme - Access an affordable and sustainable way to drive an electric vehicle