Senior Manager, UK Finance Transformation, Finance

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Job description

Connect to your Industry

The Finance Transformation Senior Manager will be integral to the Change team, responsible for driving innovation projects within Finance, championing best practice, standarisation and efficiencies across Finance and the wider business. You will bring strong experience of current ways of working, a wealth of SAP S4 experience, an enthusiasm for continuous improvement and excellent communication skills.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other , foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

Connect to your opportunity

We are looking for a highly skilled Finance leader to join our senior team. The Finance Transformation Senior Manager will be responsible for driving innovation within Finance, delivering the Finance responsibilities for significant firmwide change projects, and for leading enhancements and changes for UK and Swiss Finance Platforms.

The role will include primary responsibility for driving Innovation within Finance or for Finance's contribution to firmwide change programmes:

Driving Innovation within Finance:

• Work with teams across Finance to analyse and challenge existing ways of working, to drive standardisation across business teams within Finance, and to drive improvement to processes.
• Supporting standardisation and alignment across North & South Europe (NSE).
• Challenge and drive further adoption of the Global Finance Services (GFS) catalogue.
• Deliver reporting on projects to give transparency on deadlines, accountability and risks.
• These programmes of change will support the finance vision.

Ensuring finance supports, implements and also shapes firmwide change programmes:

• Work across Finance to support interactions with the UK Transformation Office and their portfolio of projects.
• Support implementation of critical projects including:
  • Storefront - to realign our businesses and how we go to market.
  • Integrated offerings - to support businesses working together across Europe.
  • NSE integration - to standardise and align Finance processes and teams.
  • Global Delivery Network - to facilitate colleagues offshore to work with UK clients.

People responsibilities:

• Lead and coach 1-2 team members to deliver high-quality change and products to the UK and Swiss businesses.
• Build and develop trusted relationships with key stakeholders across all areas of Finance.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

We would expect the successful candidate to have the following experience and qualifications:

• Experience of driving projects to deliver Finance transformation.
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Experience of working in professional services organisations and Finance functions.
• Strong communicator and great stakeholder management.
• Experience of working across international boundaries and organisational boundaries where leadership through influence is a core requirement.
• Experience of driving continuous improvement, with experience of project management, change management and finance transformation projects.
• Experienced chartered accountant.
• Ideally understanding of the SAP S4 system.
• People leader experience.

Key competencies:

• Advanced MS PowerPoint, Project, Excel, SharePoint, SAP.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Strong project management competency.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, people focused and agile.
• Commercial acumen and customer service orientation.

Connect to your business - Enabling Functions

Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.

Finance and Legal

We provide financial management and accounting support that is aligned to each area of Deloitte's business as well as the leadership team. We prepare the statutory and regulatory reporting required for Deloitte LLP and several other areas, whilst our General Counsel provides legal advice to the Board, the Executive and the Managing Partners.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"We're in the process of transforming the way we do resourcing, to future proof our offering. It's exciting and there's never been a better time to join us."- Jhon, Enabling Functions

"Deloitte's a large, complex and fast-paced organisation but it's open to new ideas. Everyone is encouraged to show initiative and challenge the norm."- Lisa, Enabling Functions

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in Milton Keynes or Birmingham with hybrid working but there is a requirement that the role holder will be able to travel to London as needed.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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