Change Manager - Finance

RS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension/retirement

Medical plans

Holiday/paid time off

Retail discounts

Job summary

RS is hiring a Change Manager to drive the people side of transformation within the Finance function. You will partner with senior leaders to shape change strategies, build sponsorship and keep colleagues engaged throughout transitions.

You will champion adoption, coaching leaders, and create readiness plans while aligning business aims with employee experience and performance outcomes across the Global Shared Business Services organisation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading the people side of large-scale transformation programmes in matrix organisations.
• Strong leadership with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and executives.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building to unite teams behind a vision.
• Experience guiding change through ambiguity and managing resistance to drive outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the people and leadership aspects of major transformation initiatives within Finance.
• Partner with senior leaders to build sponsorship and engage the organisation.
• Develop and execute change strategies aligning objectives with colleague experience.
• Influence stakeholders and provide coaching to leaders navigating change.
• Create stakeholder engagement, communication and readiness plans.
• Use data and feedback to measure adoption and improve outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching

Communication

Influence

Ambiguity management

Commercial mindset

Job description

Location

This is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our London, Corby or Manchester office.

Contract Type

Permanent

The Opportunity

AsChange Manager, you will be a trusted partner to senior Finance leaders, driving the people side of transformation across the function. This is a highly visible role where your ability to influence, inspire and lead through change will be critical to success.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will shape and deliver change strategies that enable the successful adoption of new ways of working, ensuring colleagues remain engaged, supported and focused throughout periods of transformation. You will act as a change leader, coaching stakeholders, building sponsorship, and creating the conditions for sustainable business change.

Partnering with Change Leads across our Global Shared Business Services organisation, you'll help establish a consistent and effective approach to change, ensuring leaders are equipped to champion transformation and deliver lasting business outcomes.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead the people and leadership aspects of major transformation initiatives, ensuring change is embraced and embedded across the Finance function.
• Partner with senior leaders to build sponsorship, strengthen change leadership capability, and create high levels of engagement throughout the organisation.
• Develop and execute change strategies that align business objectives with colleague experience, adoption and performance outcomes.
• Influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels, providing coaching and guidance to help leaders confidently navigate change.
• Create and lead stakeholder engagement, communication and readiness plans that drive understanding, commitment and action.
• Use data, insights and feedback to assess change effectiveness, mitigate risks and continuously improve adoption and business outcomes.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience leading the people side of large-scale business, technology or transformation programmes within complex matrix organisations.
• Strong leadership presence, with the ability to influence, challenge and build credibility with senior stakeholders and executive leaders.
• Demonstrated success in driving organisational change through effective stakeholder engagement, sponsorship and leadership coaching.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to bring people together behind a common vision and purpose.
• Experience leading through ambiguity, managing resistance and creating momentum in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Commercially minded and outcome-focused, with the ability to connect change initiatives to business performance, colleague engagement and strategic objectives.

We Are RS

At RS, we are making amazing happen for a better world.

As a global product and service solutions provider, we help industrial customers operate more efficiently and sustainably. Operating in 33 markets, we support around one million customers worldwide with more than 875,000 stocked products, access to over five million additional products, and a range of service solutions designed to help businesses thrive.

What sets us apart is our people. More than 8,500 colleagues around the world bring technical expertise, digital innovation, and a customer first mindset to everything we do. Guided by our values - We are one team, We deliver brilliantly, We do the right thing, and We make every day better, we're creating an environment where our people can grow, contribute and make a meaningful impact.

Rewards

Our Reward Strategy Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short-term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.

Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:

• Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
• Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
• Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
• Spotlight - our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values