Finance Transformation Manager
Finance Transformation Manager
£100,000 + Benefits | 18-Month Fixed-Term Contract | Canary Wharf (2 Days Per Week)
Have you successfully delivered a Payroll Transformation programme and thrive in driving operational change across Finance functions?
We're partnering with a global organisation to appoint a Finance Transformation Manager to lead the transformation of Payroll, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable operations. This is a high-impact role requiring someone with a proven track record of redesigning, implementing, and optimising payroll processes, systems, and controls. Payroll transformation experience is the key requirement for this position.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Deputy CFO, you'll play a pivotal role in modernising Finance Operations, embedding a recently delivered global payroll programme into business-as-usual operations, while driving wider process improvement, automation, and efficiency initiatives across the finance function.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead transformation initiatives across Payroll, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable.
- Optimise and embed global payroll processes, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and compliance.
- Drive automation, standardisation, and continuous improvement across Finance Operations.
- Develop and monitor KPIs, SLAs, and operational controls.
- Work closely with Finance, HR, IT, and external providers to deliver sustainable process improvements.
- Support ERP and finance systems enhancements, helping maximise operational effectiveness.
Essential Experience
- Proven experience leading a Payroll Transformation programme from design through implementation and adoption.
- Strong background in Finance Operations, Shared Services, Transactional Finance, Payroll, AP, or AR.
- Demonstrable success delivering process improvement, automation, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Experience operating within complex, international, multi-entity businesses.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across Finance, HR, and Technology teams.
Package
- £90,000 - £100,000 salary
- Comprehensive benefits package
- 18-month fixed-term contract
- Hybrid working with 2 days per week in Canary Wharf
- Opportunity to lead a high-profile finance transformation programme within a global organisation
This opportunity would suit an experienced Finance Transformation professional who has successfully delivered payroll transformation programmes and is looking to make a significant impact within an international finance function.
