Finance Transformation Lead

James Fisher and Sons plc; Glasgow, Inchinnan; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish Fridays

Competitive package

Career development pathways

Inclusive culture

Impact across safety and global ops

Job summary

James Fisher and Sons plc seeks a Finance Transformation Lead to drive ERP design and implementation across Finance. You will coordinate with Transformation teams, ERP providers and System Integrators to deliver a streamlined operating model with strong data governance.

usted will lead data structures, controls, and reporting, ensure successful testing and cutover, and champion change adoption across a multi-entity, global business in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in transformation projects across Finance processes and systems.
• Proven ability to engage stakeholders and influence senior leaders.
• Experience with ERP implementations, testing, deployment and change adoption.
• Knowledge of end-to-end Finance processes and their interactions with procurement, supply chain, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Act as Finance lead during ERP design and implementation, translating requirements into scalable processes and data structures.
• Collaborate with Transformation teams, ERP providers and SI partners to design a future Finance operating model.
• Define and improve Finance data structures, reporting frameworks and governance for data cleansing and migration.
• Lead Finance process redesign, embedding robust controls and best-practice reporting.
• Own Finance involvement in UAT and testing of critical processes, reports and reconciliations.
• Support cutover, go-live and stabilisation activities to ensure business readiness.

Skills

Finance experience

ERP implementations

Stakeholder management

Delivery-focused

Change adoption

UAT experience

IFS/SAP S/4HANA

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

IFS

Job description

About the Role

Finance Transformation Lead

Full-time, Permanent

Inchinnan, Glasgow or Westhill, Aberdeen – Hybrid

Please note that this role requires security checks.

The Role

Acting as the key link between Finance, the Transformation team and ERP implementation partners, you'll drive process improvement, influence system design and support the successful rollout of a new ERP platform.

We're looking for a Finance professional with experience in transformation and ERP implementations, ideally SAP or IFS, who can engage stakeholders, challenge existing processes and deliver meaningful change across a global business.

What you’ll be doing

• Act as the Finance lead throughout ERP design and implementation, translating business requirements into scalable processes, systems, data structures and reporting solutions.
• Collaborate with Transformation teams, ERP providers and System Integrators to design the future Finance operating model, ensuring standardised, end-to-end solutions and strong Finance ownership of processes, controls and master data.
• Define and improve Finance data structures, reporting frameworks and governance, supporting data cleansing, migration and the creation of a single source of financial truth.
• Lead Finance process redesign, embedding robust financial controls, efficient ways of working and best-practice reporting while challenging legacy processes and unnecessary customisation.
• Own Finance involvement in testing, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring critical processes, reports, controls, interfaces and reconciliations are fully validated.
• Support cutover, go-live and post-implementation stabilisation activities, helping to resolve issues and ensure business readiness.
• Drive Finance change adoption through impact assessments, training, user guidance and stakeholder engagement, building lasting capability within the Finance function and championing the transformation programme.

What we’re looking for

• Finance experience with a strong understanding of financial processes, controls, data management and reporting.
• Proven experience supporting ERP implementations or Finance transformation programmes, including solution design, testing, deployment and change adoption.
• Strong knowledge of end‑to‑end Finance processes and their interaction with procurement, supply chain, commercial, project and operational functions.
• Experience in UAT, data migration, process improvement, documentation and training, with the ability to challenge and simplify existing ways of working.
• Stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to influence senior leaders, operational teams, technical specialists and external implementation partners.
• Delivery‑focused and pragmatic, with the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced transformation environment.
• Desirable: Hands‑on experience implementing IFS or SAP S/4HANA, particularly within Finance, alongside experience in manufacturing, engineering, project‑based or defence environments, and multi‑entity, international ERP deployments and working with System Integrators.

Why join us

• Early finish on Fridays
• Competitive salary and benefits package aligned with experience
• Clear pathways for career development … (but truncated?)
• Inclusive and supportive culture that values individual contributions
• Meaningful work with impact across safety, innovation, and global operations

About Us

James Fisher is a global engineering services company operating across Energy, Defence, and Maritime Transport. With a strong heritage in maritime operations, we now deliver innovative solutions in challenging environments. Our One James Fisher strategy is focused on building a unified, sustainable business within the Blue Economy, driving progress through technology, expertise, and collaboration.

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James Fisher Defence (JFD), part of the James Fisher Group, is a global leader in underwater capability, delivering cutting‑edge diving, submarine rescue, and hyperbaric solutions to both commercial and defence markets. Operating worldwide, JFD is the foremost provider of submarine rescue services and a trusted name in submarine escape training. We’re also at the forefront of hyperbaric rescue innovation and a leading supplier of advanced diving equipment and saturation systems across the industry. Explore more about JFD.

At James Fisher and Sons, we are committed to taking positive action on diversity and strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and recognise that our success is driven by the talent and diversity of our workforce.