Business Performance Improvement - Finance Transformation Manager

Robert Half International; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Finance Transformation Manager to enhance operational efficiency and optimize financial outcomes for clients. The role involves managing client engagements, leading workshops, and applying expertise in finance optimization across diverse sectors. Candidates should possess strong leadership and problem-solving skills, with a background in finance transformation and a relevant degree. This position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salaries, and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Medical and dental insurance

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Up to 25 days holiday

10 paid holidays

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a related field, preferably in professional services.
• Experience in a consulting or in-house Finance Change or Transformation environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery and execution of client engagements.
• Lead workshops with client stakeholders to understand finance processes.
• Identify and communicate finance process risks and inefficiencies.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication

Project Management

Client Relationship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office365

Job description

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London - Business Performance Improvement - Finance Transformation Manager

Apply remote type Hybrid locations WEST END LONDON time type Full time posted on Posted 18 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: July 31, 2025 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition id JR-256352

JOB REQUISITION

London - Business Performance Improvement - Finance Transformation Manager

LOCATION

WEST END LONDON

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS

JOB DESCRIPTION

You Belong Here

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver. At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.

Where We Need You:

Protiviti’s Business Performance Improvement practice specialises in helping organisations enhance operational efficiency, optimise processes, and achieve better financial outcomes. We support our clients with finance, operational and technology transformation, intelligent automation, and people and change management. From process tweaks to major organisational structure optimisation, back office to external reporting, cost reduction to working capital issues, we apply innovation, collaboration, and technology acumen to bring best-in-class solutions to your problems.

What You Can Expect:

Managers are responsible for serving clients and ensuring the successful execution of projects. Managers develop lasting relationships with client personnel and seek to further these relationships through quality product delivery. The Manager is responsible for understanding their client’s business and demonstrating technical competence in their product group and industry. Managers develop contacts with the business community and serve as ambassadors of Protiviti in the market.

As a specialist in Finance Transformation, you will apply your specific expertise and experience in Finance Optimisation projects across a broad range of high-profile clients in a range of market sectors.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of key finance processes and associated risks including order to cash, procure to pay and record to report.
• Manage the delivery and execution of client engagements.
• Manage Protiviti and client staff in line with our BPI practice for the successful delivery of client engagements.
• Lead workshops with client stakeholders to obtain an understanding of key finance processes, risks, gaps and inefficiencies across people, process, technology, data and internal controls.
• Ensure accurate documentation of the current state of the client’s key finance processes via process flow diagrams.
• Identify, document and communicate key finance process risks, gaps and inefficiencies.
• Evaluate, synthesise, organize and interpret data sets.
• Proactively identify, document and communicate innovative ideas to simplify, standardise, automate and introduce best practices to key finance processes.
• Lead the design of a client’s finance target operating model across people, process, technology, data and internal controls.
• Draft/review final deliverables to capture the scope of the project, key observations, recommendations and suggested next steps.
• Execute project management, governance and administration tasks.
• Lead communication with client and Protiviti leadership.
• Assist with business development through support of marketing initiatives.
• Develop an understanding of Protiviti’s broader solutions and identify opportunities to expand Protiviti’s services with a client.
• Support the development of client proposals for new project opportunities.
• Assist with the development of Protiviti thought leadership white papers, FAQs and marketing materials with respect to Finance Transformation.
• Maintain and further develop knowledge of emerging finance trends and technology through ongoing training, development and professional certification.
• Lead, mentor and advise junior team members.
• Effectively application of Protiviti’s policies and methodologies.
• Accurately record time.

Do Your Talents Include the Following?

• Experience in a consulting or in-house Finance Change or Transformation environment and we will also consider those with external/internal audit or financial accounting.
• Prior management and direct supervisory experience in a team environment.
• Self-starter and can operate independently as needed.
• A high threshold for ambiguity and lack of structure and process during early phases of engagements.
• Creative and logical problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and team building skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Advanced listening, written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Ability to multi-task and maintain professional demeanour under pressure.
• Strong project management and client relationship skills.
• Business development proficiency/exposure.
• Organisation and time management expertise.
• Mentoring and people development capabilities.
• Solid ethical behaviour.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office365.
• Demonstrate a highly professional approach to the work environment.

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• Desirable to possess a Professional certification such as ICAEW or equivalent but not essential.
• 5+ years in a related field, (preferably in professional services and/or industry).

Our Workplaceand Employment Process

Protiviti practices a hybrid wording model, which is a combination of working in person with purpose and working remotely and is primarily dependent upon the needs of our client. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements varies by client, project, team, and other business factors. It can sometimes mean more of a full-time presence at our client. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local, or UK wide travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.

Remuneration and Benefits

Starting salaries are competitive and are based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the salary range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location.

Employees are eligible for medical and dental insurance cover, life assurance, pension scheme and receive up to 25 days holiday per calendar year. Protiviti also recognises up to 10 paid holidays each calendar year and we have additional benefits as part of the Robert Half Enterprise.

As part of Protiviti’s employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Protiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable adjustment in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to [e-mail] .

Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.

About Us

Protiviti ( www.protiviti.com ) is a global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration to help leaders confidently face the future. Protiviti and our independent and locally owned Member Firms provide clients with consulting and managed solutions in finance, technology, operations, data, analytics, governance, risk and internal audit through our network of more than 85 offices in over 25 countries.

Named to the 2020 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, Protiviti has served more than 60 percent of Fortune 1000 and 35 percent of Fortune Global 500 companies. The firm also works with smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public, as well as with government agencies. Protiviti is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI). Founded in 1948, Robert Half is a member of the S&P 500 index.