Finance Process Owner

Enfinium Community Fund; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading waste-to-energy operator in Leeds is seeking a Finance Process Owner to spearhead the design and delivery of Finance processes. The role involves creating a structured Finance Process Ownership model, influencing senior leaders, and implementing continuous improvement practices. The ideal candidate has experience in finance transformation and ERP/SAP implementations. This position offers a fixed-term contract and a generous benefits package.

Benefits

Vitality Private Medical care

Private Dental Care

Life Assurance

Company pension with a 6% contribution

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee Assistance programme

Uniform provided

Continuous learning and development

Qualifications

• Energetic and proactive with a focus on transformation.
• Strong communicator able to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experienced in finance transformation or audit.
• Skilled at governance with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of Finance Process Ownership.
• Establish governance forums and accountability structures.
• Define and implement Finance Process principles and KPIs.
• Align processes with ERP/SAP transformations.

Skills

Finance transformation

ERP/SAP implementations

Communication skills

Governance and operating models

Job description

About The Role

Finance Process Owner

12 month fixed term contract

Leeds

Are you an energetic finance transformation specialist with a passion for driving change and building robust frameworks? Do you thrive when given the challenge of creating something new, influencing across all levels, and embedding processes that last?

We’re looking for a Finance Process Owner (FPO) Lead to spearhead the design, delivery, and handover of our Finance Process Ownership function. This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact by ensuring our core Finance processes are streamlined, well-governed, and future-ready.

Your role would be to lead on transformation with a clear endgame: design and deliver a fully embedded Finance FPO model and successfully transition ownership to permanent process leaders.

This role will put you at the heart of shaping how Finance operates, with influence across Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, and Record-to-Report. You’ll work with senior leaders to build governance, simplify complexity, and enable global consistency.

What You’ll Own

• Finance Process Ownership Framework
  • Define the scope, boundaries, and racis for end-to-end Finance processes.
  • Establish governance forums and reporting structures to drive accountability.
• Finance Process Standardisation & Design
  • Develop process principles, KPIs, and controls that drive consistency and transparency.
  • Spot and address inefficiencies, local variations, and harmonisation opportunities.
• Finance Operating Model
  • Recommend and design the right model (centralised, hybrid, or federated).
  • Build career paths and capability frameworks for future Finance FPO roles.
• Implementation & Continuous Improvement
  • Align Finance processes with ERP/SAP transformations and automation initiatives.
  • Introduce continuous improvement practices using Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.
• Handover & Sustainability
  • Recruit or nominate permanent Finance FPOs.
  • Deliver a smooth transition to ensure the new function is embedded and sustainable.

About You

• Energetic and proactive, with the drive to push through transformation challenges.
• A strong communicator, able to influence and engage senior stakeholders in a matrix organisation.
• Experienced in finance transformation, ERP/SAP implementations, finance audit, or shared services/GBS design.
• Skilled at governance and operating models, with a clear eye for both detail and the bigger picture.
• Ideally someone who blends consulting expertise with industry experience, and thrives in fast-moving, change-focused roles.

What Success Looks Like

• A Finance FPO framework that is clear, consistent, and fully documented.
• Finance leadership and teams aligned to new processes and governance.
• A permanent FPO team recruited, trained, and ready to continue the journey.
• Tangible improvements in process efficiency, control, and reporting.

About Us

Who are enfinium?

enfinium is one of the largest pure-play waste to energy operators in the U.K. who transform waste into heat and energy that power our homes businesses, green communities and the circular economy. With more than 45 years of proven industry experience. enfinium has four operating facilities around the U.K and a further two facilities in construction and are transforming the way our industry serves customers, communities and the environment.

At enfinium we’re guided by five principles, we use these to make sure we’re not only doing a great job, but we’re doing it in the right and safe way:

One Team- Pride Matters- Safety on Purpose- Make a positive impact- Take Ownership

As a Company, we really value our employees and as such, offer a generous employee benefits package which includes the following:

• Vitality Private Medical care
• Private Dental Care
• Life Assurance
• Company pension with a 6% company contribution
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance programme
• Uniform provided
• Continuous learning and development through our e-learning portal and access to role-based qualifications