Overview
The Finance Transformation Lead will spearhead the organization's finance transformation efforts while collaborating closely with the Finance Leadership Team, senior business leaders, and external delivery partners. This role focuses on driving significant change through the assessment and planning phases of a strategic SAP-enabled program, primarily centered around core finance operations such as Record-to-Report (R2R) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) processes, with oversight on Procure-to-Pay (P2P) activities.
Responsibilities
- Conduct a comprehensive review of existing finance processes, systems, data structures, and operating models to identify improvement opportunities.
- Evaluate recommendations from external advisors and implementation partners for alignment with business objectives.
- Provide subject matter expertise in Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, and Procure-to-Pay processes to support redesign efforts.
- Create a phased transformation strategy and roadmap that delivers immediate and long-term business value.
- Define foundational activities for transformation, including data governance and process standardization.
- Develop frameworks to measure value and prepare robust business cases demonstrating expected benefits.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, leading workshops and presenting complex concepts.
- Support programme mobilization activities for successful transitions into implementation phases.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience leading assessment and strategic planning phases for large-scale finance transformation programs.
- Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and experience aligning business processes with standard platform capabilities.
- Extensive understanding of end-to-end finance processes, particularly R2R, O2C, and P2P.
- Experience managing and influencing consulting firms and third-party delivery partners.