ERP Risk & Change Governance Lead

Mars, Incorporated; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food company seeks a professional to drive risk and issue management within their Finance workstream. The role involves collaborating with project managers to ensure consistent risk assessments and the effective resolution of overdue issues. Responsibilities include leading reviews, generating reports, and supporting change control processes. A focus on effective communication and stakeholder engagement is essential to facilitate governance. Ideal for candidates with experience in financial risk management and change control protocols.

Responsibilities

• Define, refine and drive adoption of proactive risk and issue management.
• Collaborate with Finance embedded Project Managers to embed risk/issue.
• Ensure consistent risk assessments using agreed framework.
• Identify and resolve overdue risks and issues.
• Generate periodic reports for program leadership.
• Lead Finance workstream reviews to assess and prioritize risks.
• Facilitate risk and issue escalation processes.
• Support performance management of 3rd parties.
• Collaborate with PMO and global stakeholders.

Job description

Job Description

Risk & Issue Management

• Define, refine and drive adoption of proactive risk and issue management across the Finance workstream ensuring timely identification, assessment, and mitigation.
• Collaborate with Finance embedded Project Managers to embed risk/issue
• Ensure consistent risk assessments using the agreed framework for likelihood and impact scores plus appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Identify and resolve overdue risks and issues (or elevate as appropriate based on risk index score to appropriate governance board/stakeholders).
• Generate periodic and ad hoc risk and issue management reports for program leadership and stakeholders.
• Lead and run Finance workstream reviews, engaging key stakeholders to assess and prioritize risks.
• Facilitate risk and issue escalation processes and coordinate resolution actions.
• Support performance management of 3rd parties with respect to risks and issues relevant to outcomes / services delivery (in alignment to Commercial and supplier relationship managers)
• Collaborate with PMO, workstreams, and global stakeholders to embed risk management into program governance.

Change Control Management

• Defines and operates the Finance GPO change controls process
• Conducts education and training sessions for all relevant workstream GPOs, team members and Project Managers on the Change Control Process.
• Ensure all changes follow established governance processes and are properly documented and approved.
• Coordinating with program and workstream leads to assessing the impact of proposed changes and facilitates decision-making.

CC Governance & Reviews

• Facilitates a regular Finance Change Control Board (CCB) to review and approve/reject changes related to new requirements and changes
• Supports escalation of Change Controls (per agreed governance structure) to cross workstream leaders in a timely manner to facilitate accurate and effective decision making.
• Supports communication of the change controls and associated approval status to both Finance Technical Governance and Design Authority (including CCA).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure governance forums operate effectively and decisions are communicated clearly.

CC Reporting & Metrics

• Responsible for keeping Change Control Monday Tracker up to date with status
• Publish periodic and ad hoc reports and metrics on the change control landscape, highlighting trends, risks, and impacts.
• Provide insights and recommendations based on change control data to support program leadership and governance bodies.