Finance Transformation Lead

Finance Transformation Lead
- Director Level

Location: London, UK — flexible hybrid working, typically 3 days per week in the office

Employment Type: Permanent

Level: Senior Leadership / Consulting

Salary: £110k to £140k + bonus 10%-15% + bonus

About the Role

A leading global data, technology and AI organisation is seeking an experienced Finance Transformation Lead to join its growing UK Consulting & Transformation practice.

This is a senior, high-impact leadership role focused on shaping, leading and delivering complex, large-scale Finance Transformation programmes for clients across a global portfolio.

As a trusted advisor to CFOs, Finance Directors, Controllers and Transformation Leaders, you will help organisations reimagine the finance function by combining finance strategy, operating model transformation, process excellence, digital capabilities, data, automation and AI.

You will lead the design and execution of next-generation finance operating models that improve efficiency, strengthen controls, enhance decision-making and deliver measurable business value.

Working at the intersection of Finance, Technology, Data, Operations and AI, you will take ownership of end-to-end transformation initiatives spanning finance process optimisation, target operating model design, ERP modernisation, finance data and reporting, shared services, regulatory reporting and intelligent automation.

You will also work closely with specialist Digital Engineering, Data & Analytics and AI teams to translate complex client challenges into practical, scalable and increasingly AI-enabled finance solutions.

Beyond programme delivery, you will contribute to the growth of the Finance Transformation practice through senior client relationship development, opportunity shaping, proposal development, solution design, mentoring and thought leadership.

This role is particularly suited to a hands-on transformation leader who combines deep finance expertise with consulting, client advisory and commercial capabilities, and who can move confidently from strategy and solution design through to execution and measurable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Finance Transformation Strategy & Operating Model Design

• Define and lead Finance Transformation strategies for CFO organisations, aligning operating model, process, technology, data, controls and AI capabilities with business objectives.
• Design future-state Finance Target Operating Models covering service delivery, organisation structure, governance, controls and technology enablement.
• Identify and quantify transformation opportunities across Finance, developing transformation roadmaps and business cases with clear value-realisation targets.
• Lead finance diagnostic assessments, maturity reviews, benchmarking exercises and transformation strategy engagements.

Finance Process Transformation & Operational Excellence

Lead end-to-end transformation initiatives across areas including:

• Record-to-Report (R2R)
• Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
• Order-to-Cash (O2C)
• FP&A
• Treasury
• Tax
• Regulatory and statutory reporting
• Financial controls and compliance

Drive standardisation, simplification, harmonisation and optimisation of finance processes across geographies and business units.

Apply Lean, Six Sigma, process mining and continuous-improvement methodologies to improve efficiency, control effectiveness and service quality.

Identify control gaps, process inefficiencies and operational risks, and develop appropriate remediation strategies.

Digital Finance, ERP & AI Enablement

• Lead the identification, design and deployment of Digital Finance, Automation, Analytics and AI-led transformation solutions.
• Shape business cases and implementation roadmaps for ERP modernisation, including major enterprise finance platforms.
• Partner with Data, Digital Engineering and AI specialists to embed GenAI, Agentic AI, Intelligent Automation and advanced analytics within finance processes.
• Define future-state data and reporting architectures that improve decision-making, control and transparency.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled finance capabilities including close automation, reconciliation, FP&A, reporting, controls monitoring and management insights.

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