Head of Finance Technology

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We're evolving our Finance Systems function from operational ownership into a strategic platform team. This role owns the entire Finance Technology ecosystem ERP, billing, payments, procurement, close, FP&A, reporting, data and automation acting as the de facto Finance CTO for the business. You'll partner closely with Finance Leadership, Product, Engineering, Legal and Security to build a modern, scalable, AI enabled finance stack that supports growth, compliance and data driven decision making.

This is not a traditional systems manager role. It's a transformation leadership position focused on turning Finance into a high impact, technology powered function.

• Own the end to end Finance Systems strategy, defining the roadmap across ERP, billing, payments, procurement, close, FP&A, reporting, data platforms and automation.
• Act as the technical transformation partner to Finance leadership, translating business needs into scalable system architecture and delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, insight and control.
• Lead the design and evolution of a modern, cloud native finance stack, including integrations and APIs across Finance, Product, GTM, Legal and Security.
• Drive automation across core finance processes (Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash), reducing manual effort and improving speed, accuracy and audit readiness.
• Introduce AI enabled tooling and advanced analytics to improve forecasting, reconciliation, controls and operational visibility.
• Partner closely with FP&A, Accounting and Commercial Finance to enable real time reporting, scenario modelling and decision support.
• Own vendor strategy across finance platforms, including system selection, implementation, optimisation and contract management, ensuring strong ROI and alignment with business priorities.
• Embed governance, compliance, security and financial controls directly into system design, working closely with Legal, Security and Risk teams.
• Lead major transformation initiatives such as system migrations, platform consolidation and process redesign as the business scales.
• Build and develop a high performing Finance Systems team, acting as a centre of excellence for Finance Technology, automation and data enablement.
• Drive change management, documentation, training and adoption across Finance to ensure new systems and processes are fully embedded.
• Serve as a strategic partner to Product and Engineering on payments, billing models and embedded finance capabilities, supporting future product expansion.

• Ideally, you'll bring hands on experience leading Finance Technology transformation across complex, scaling environments, including:
• 9+ years' experience in Finance Systems, Enterprise Systems or Finance Technology leadership roles.
• Proven delivery of ERP implementations and ownership of ERP ecosystems (e.g. Workday Financials or similar).
• Experience implementing broader finance tooling across billing, payments, procurement, close, FP&A and reporting platforms.
• Demonstrated success driving finance…