Director - Finance Transformation - Investment Banking/Capital Market

Director - Finance Transformation - Investment Banking/Capital Market

The Head of Finance Transformation role is to :

- Lead wide transformation projects and financial performance improvements.

- To help deliver the target finance operating model and translate financial strategy by leveraging change management, transformation, and process design methodology into standardized business process design.

- To develop, coordinate and drive the delivery of process analysis, identification of process improvements/impacts of business changes and develop comprehensive process documentation.

- Act as a change agent/coach to install and sustain changes.

- Drive effectiveness and efficiency by means of process knowledge and leadership.

- Champion and deploy the use of appropriate process and continuous improvement methodologies, techniques, and tools.

- To conduct an analysis of wide operations to propose fact-based opportunities and recommend solutions based on similar experiences.

- Establish credibility at all levels and builds problem-solving partnerships with the finance process owners.

- Work with the finance process owners and Finance Systems Group to assess the financial landscape and provide insight and past experience to provide innovative financial solutions and hypotheses.

- Assess change readiness and prepare plans for helping process owners and key users through change.

- Gather business requirements through a variety of techniques and facilitate design workshops.

- To lead the development of conceptual models and high-level and detailed business process designs, and develop the required work products for the business process and application domain of change.

- Co-ordinate finance system and complex process improvement initiatives affecting primarily finance functions but also other business areas as required.

- Work with finance process owners as required ensuring successful deployment of common finance solutions and processes.

- Coach, mentor and assist project teams.

- Manage, inspire, motivate, supervise and support staff in the department so as to deliver the outcomes set out in the finance program plans.

PERSON SPECIFICATION :

Applicants are required to demonstrate that they possess the following attributes :

Expectations - These are the 7 principles that leaders, managers, and supervisors are expected to follow :

1) Champion a positive approach to change and opportunity

2) Communicate regularly and effectively within, and across, teams

3) Consider the thoughts and expectations of others

4) Deliver positive outcomes

5) Encourage inclusive participation and eliminate discrimination

6) Support and develop staff to optimize talent

7) Work in a planned and managed way

Qualifications :

- Educated to first degree standard (or equivalent) in Finance/ICT and/or is a qualified accountant - ACA, CIMA, ACCA.

- Holds certified qualifications related to lean management and process improvement delivery (desirable)

- Recognized continuing professional and career development

Experience :

- A seasoned senior leader with extensive and significant experience of leading, developing and implementing significant organization change with a proven track record of working in a complex environment. (Essential)

- Extensive and significant highly developed specialist finance systems experience (Essential)

- High-level of knowledge and application in using a wide range of problem-solving, decision-making and process improvement tools and methods (Essential)

- Demonstrable significant experience of directly managing finance projects delivering significant change (Essential)

- Experience of Oracle/SAP financial accounting systems and involvement in system improvements (Desirable)

- Strong track record of taking the lead with a team of colleagues, in a changing environment (Essential)

- Influenced and facilitated collaborative working amongst colleagues (Essential)

- Experience of making presentations both to knowledgeable audiences and to the uninitiated on finance system and process matters (Essential)

Skills & Abilities (All Essential) :

- High level of strategic thinking

- Confidence to operate with credibility at all levels

- Strong conceptual, analytical, and critical thinking as well as execution skills

- Fresh thinking, innovative style, has creative insights and approaches to solving problems

- Effective and results driven, get the most out of resources while achieving quality results

- Strong project, process analysis & Lean management skills

- The ability to think laterally, challenge traditional patterns of service delivery and develop new approaches

- The ability to lead by example and to take ownership and responsibility at all times

- Strong managerial skills

- Ability to generate innovative ideas and solutions for process improvement

- High-level of personal commitment, passion, enthusiasm and professional drive to lead and innovate

- Drives for results and impact across a number of highly complex projects with numerous inter-dependencies and changing priorities

- High professional standards and a track record of demonstrating commercial and business acumen

- Effective management of staff including ability to harness/develop and resolve conflict

Specialist Knowledge in :

- Transformation and process improvement

- Process mapping

- Lean management

- Finance systems

- Change management