Finance Operating Model Design Lead/Process Lead

Stanton House; Hook; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FTSE 250 company is seeking a Finance Operating Model Design Lead to help redesign their finance operations. This role requires significant experience in designing finance models and a strong accountancy background. You will work closely with senior leaders to implement a process-led operating model, ensuring efficiency and scalability. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working conditions based in Hook.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience redesigning Finance Operating Models for large organizations.
• 5-10 years post-qualification experience in accountancy.
• Experience engaging stakeholders, including c-suite.

Responsibilities

• Redesign the new Finance Operating Model across the business.
• Partner with Finance Directors to design the future operating model.
• Support the standardisation of processes across all verticals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Experience designing Finance Operating Models

Experience in Process Design

Strong communication skills

Emotional intelligence

Experience in finance transformation projects

Education

Accountancy Qualification

Job description

We are currently working with a FTSE 250 business who are looking for a Finance Operating Model Design Lead/Process Design Lead to help redesign the current finance operating model.

Role: Finance Operating Model Redesign/Process Lead

12 Months FTC (Fixed Term Contract)

Hybrid working: 3 days a week in Berkshire

Opportunity:

Join their dynamic team, working closely with the senior finance leadership team, to assist the strategic redesign and implementation of a new horizontal process-led finance operating model across the organisation. The role will drive efficiency, scalability, and value creation through optimised processes, technology enablement, and organisational design.

Key Responsibilities:

• Redesign the new Finance Operating Model across the business
• Partner with divisional Finance Directors to understand the business needs and design the future To-Be operating model for finance
• Support the standardisation of processes across all verticals
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align and deliver the finance strategic plan
• Develop change management best practice to bring the business along for the journey
• Provide strategic financial insights and recommendations to senior leaders

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

• Must have demonstratable experience designing Finance Operating Models and Process Design for large, complex organisations
• Set-up, designed or delivered new GBS functions
• Accountancy Qualification with 5-10 years post-qualification experience a must
• Ability to demonstrate to the business and SLT what good looks like and why
• Strong communication skills and emotional intelligence required with demonstratable experience brining the business along for the journey and engaging stakeholders at all levels including c-suite
• Broad experience driving finance transformation projects across people, process and technology helpful

This is a 12 month FTC opportunity with travel to Hook office 3 times a week.

If you are interested in the role, please apply. Unfortunately, due to the anticipated high level of response, we may not be able to respond to every applicant.