Interim Finance Transformation Analyst

Interim Finance Transformation Analyst

Corporate Services Transformation Programme - Higher Education

6-Month Contract

(Apply online only) per day Outside IR35

A major transformation programme is seeking an experienced Finance Transformation Analyst to provide senior-level financial modelling and commercial insight across a large-scale Corporate Services Transformation initiative. This is a high-impact role supporting strategic decision-making, with particular focus on outsourcing and operating model evaluation. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping robust, evidence-based financial cases to support governance and steering committee decisions.

• Develop cost-benefit analyses comparing in-house, hybrid and outsourced delivery models
• Build detailed financial scenarios, including ROI, NPV, payback and Total Cost of Ownership models
• Establish and validate current cost baselines across in-scope services
• Design financial inputs for PQQ and RFP documentation, including pricing templates
• Evaluate supplier financial proposals, identifying assumptions, risks and long-term implications
• Model transition, mobilisation and exit costs across full contract life cycles
• Conduct sensitivity and stress testing across pricing and volume assumptions
• Support pricing mechanism design (FTE-based, transaction-based, outcome-based models)
• Benchmark supplier pricing and assess financial risk exposure
• Produce clear, executive-level financial summaries for governance forums

• Extensive experience supporting large transformation, outsourcing or procurement programmes
• Advanced financial modelling capability
• Experience designing and evaluating financial components of PQQ/RFP processes
• Strong ability to interrogate and challenge supplier pricing structures
• Confident stakeholder engagement at senior leadership level
• Experience with in complex public-sector or regulated environments
• Exposure to shared services, managed services or large-scale outsourcing
• Familiarity with transition and mobilisation cost modelling
• Excellent written and presentation skills

This is an opportunity to contribute to a strategically significant transformation programme, providing critical financial insight that will shape long-term operating model decisions.