Global Finance Transformation Lead: Close & Automation

Go Fractional; Liverpool; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Go Fractional is seeking a Transformation Lead to steer a team of 8 through a finance transformation that drives close efficiency, standardises practices and strengthens controls. You will align with global finance strategy across Accounting Services, technology and shared services.

The role demands 7+ years in multinational finance or transformation, strong leadership, and SAP experience, with a hybrid work pattern including office presence in Speke, Liverpool.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' relevant experience in multinational finance, shared services, transformation or change delivery environment.
• 3-5 years' demonstrated leadership experience leading teams, projects or cross-functional workstreams.
• Experience delivering finance process transformation, operating model change, continuous improvement or automation initiatives.
• Experience in a global scientific/pharmaceutical industry or shared service environment highly desirable.
• Experience engaging senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and communicating transformation impacts across diverse global teams.
• Experience with SAP and finance systems, with an understanding of process design, controls, data flow and system-enabled change.
• Proven ability to deliver complex initiatives to tight deadlines while maintaining strong governance, risk management and stakeholder confidence.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance transformation initiatives from concept through delivery, aligning scope, priorities, governance and outcomes to Accounting Services and global finance strategy
• Develop and maintain transformation roadmaps, delivery plans, milestones, risks and dependencies across process, people, data and technology workstreams
• Drive global standardisation, simplification and automation of close and accounting processes, ensuring solutions are scalable, controlled and aligned to global policy
• Partner with Financial Controllers, Technology and business stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities, define future-state processes and secure alignment on change impacts
• Establish robust programme governance, including status reporting, decision forums, issue management, stakeholder engagement and escalation routes
• Lead change adoption activities, ensuring the Close Operations team understand new processes, roles, controls and ways of working
• Define and track transformation benefits, performance indicators and control improvements to demonstrate measurable value and sustained outcomes
• Support delivery of digital enablement, system enhancements and data quality improvements that improve close efficiency, visibility and decision-making
• Provide leadership to 8 direct reports through coaching, prioritisation, resource planning and performance management
• Lead co-ordination and delivery of external and internal audit requests

Skills

Leadership

Finance transformation

Programme governance

Stakeholder engagement

SAP

Data & controls

Automation

Education

Bachelor degree in Accounting/Finance or related

MBA or advanced degree desirable

Professional certification desirable (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Go Fractional is seeking a Transformation Lead to steer a team of 8 through a finance transformation that drives close efficiency, standardises practices and strengthens controls. You will align with global finance strategy across Accounting Services, technology and shared services.

The role demands 7+ years in multinational finance or transformation, strong leadership, and SAP experience, with a hybrid work pattern including office presence in Speke, Liverpool.