Global Lead, Business Applications & Systems

Senior Manager, Group Business Applications Collinson London, England, United Kingdom

Collinson is the global, privately-owned company dedicated to helping the world to travel with ease and confidence.
Collinson is the operator of Priority Pass, the world’s original and leading airport experiences programme.
Travellers can access a network of 1,500+ lounges and travel experiences, including dining, retail, sleep and spa, in over 650 airports in 148 countries, helping to elevate the journey into something special.
We work with the world’s leading payment networks, over 1,400 banks, 90 airlines and 20 hotel groups worldwide.
We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP.
Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.
Key clients include Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, Easy Jet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.
Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.
Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 2,200 global colleagues.

The Head of Business Applications (GBA) role joins our Global Business Systems Team

supporting applications, across our portfolio, including but not limited to MS Dynamics 365 F&O,

Workday (being implemented in phases from early 2026) and MS Office Applications in relation to

the Modern Workplace. The role reports into the Director of Global Business Applications

Users to be supported across our global offices, with core Finance users based in Cape Town.

Role is pivotal to remaining phases of the MS Dynamics 365 F&O Project being deployed as well

and further “run and maintain” support mode in the coming 12+ months, with less reliance on

external support partners.

To work / partner with our external support partners to further develop and maintain systems and

Explore the ongoing product enhancements that are delivered as part of both MS Dynamics and

Workday.

To review AI opportunities and how they can be used to streamline recurring / repetitive tasks as

well as utilising them as part of the support offering to the end users,

Drive further expansion of MSD across the globe to countries not in original phases of the project

To manage user support and training, troubleshooting, and problem solving

Responsible for the integrity of including but not limited to MS Dynamics, Kofax OCR, Zoho,

Cascade, (Workday in the future), Docentric, Access Dimensions, Banking / Treasury systems

Responsible for the uptime of the applications, together with managing upgrades / enhancements.

Identify, propose and implement process improvements across key Finance processes, for

example across Purchase to Pay or Order to Cash

Management of the support team, including looking to develop the team in each of their roles

Ensure system permissions are in line with delegated authorities and approval limits

Ownership of the procedures to support an effective control environment for GBA systems

Support / lead various projects / BAU Enhancements and initiatives from a GBA perspective

Provide a professional and approachable point of contact for stakeholders

Support and where required to lead in Audits, both Internal and External

Ensure SLAs are tracked and met across Finance Applications and thereafter Workday.

Liaise with Group Finance, act as key finance partner for system support

Oversee the development of new applications, as well as manage technical support to users.

• Qualified Accountant and experience of Finance and HR applications
• Possess strong analytical / problem-solving skills, work independently and in a team environment
• Experience of succeeding in a…