Interim Transformation Manager

Goodman Masson; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an experienced Transformation Manager to support a major oil & gas company. The role, which is remote with regular international travel, focuses on finance transformations that enhance financial control, reduce costs, and improve billing accuracy across projects. Candidates must have extensive experience in project finance or controls, ideally within the energy sector, and a strong technical understanding of project reporting frameworks.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project finance or project controls in oil & gas or energy sectors.
• Preferred background in consulting with finance transformation experience.
• Comfortable acting at senior interim levels influencing stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establish effective Finance Project Controller roles.
• Develop reporting practices and control frameworks.
• Lead definition of Work Breakdown Structure models.
• Enhance visibility of project financial reporting.
• Identify process optimisation and automation opportunities.

Skills

Project finance expertise

Stakeholder influence

Cost management

WBS structures knowledge

Process optimisation

Job description

Contract : 6 month interim, likely to be extended

Location : Remote within the UK, with regular international travel

Rate : £600 – £700 per day outside IR35

Start date : January

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading operational and finance transformations, ideally in a heavy asset and project based industry.

We are seeking an experienced Transformation Manager to support a major oil & gas company with a transformation focusing on strengthening financial control across projects, reducing costs, enhancing billing accuracy and timeliness, and strengthening business partnering between Finance and Operations.

Responsibilities

Working closely with the central Finance function, as well as Project Management, Commercial, IT and regional Finance teams, you will :

• Establish and implement effective Finance Project Controller roles that are fit for purpose
• Develop robust ways of working, reporting practices and control frameworks
• Serve as the lead subject-matter expert in defining Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) models
• Bring together inputs from Finance and cross-functional teams to support enterprise-wide project control initiatives
• Enhance the speed, accuracy and visibility of project financial reporting
• Identify and deliver opportunities for process optimisation and technology-driven automation

Candidate Profile

• Extensive experience in project finance or project controls within oil & gas, energy, or project focused industries
• Background in consulting would be preferred or a strong record of delivering finance transformation, project controls or operating model change in large companies
• Previous success in designing and embedding robust project control frameworks and consistent operating models
• Comfortable acting as a senior interim, influencing stakeholders across Finance, Operations and Project Management at all levels
• Strong technical knowledge of WBS structures, cost management, billing processes and project reporting