Manager, Finance Transformation

Capgemini Invent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible working

Job summary

Capgemini Invent is seeking a Manager in Finance & Enterprise Value to lead strategic transformation programmes, shape solutions, and manage large client delivery. The role requires Chartered Accountant credentials and proven leadership across finance processes, with responsibility for coaching teams and developing market offerings.

The role sits in a hybrid-capable team with flexible working and a focus on delivering value for major financial services, manufacturing, and technology sectors.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build and lead teams and deliver complex transformation projects.
• Experience leading finance transformation across multiple processes (O2C, P2P, R2R, FP&A, T2F, Treasury).
• Clear track record of advising senior clients and driving business development across industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of strategic transformation projects within Finance & Enterprise Value and across the wider team.
• Develop and present evidence-based insights and recommendations for client scrutiny.
• Coach, develop and performance-manage team members and drive career progression.
• Support growth of the practice and assigned offerings through leadership and sales activities.

Skills

Finance transformation

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

O2C/P2P/R2R/FP&A

Industry knowledge

Education

UK Chartered Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Job description

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

YOUR ROLE

As a Manager within the Finance & Enterprise Value practice, you will have substantial expertise in Finance Transformation Consulting, whilst also being able to work flexibly across the wider Enterprise Model & Strategy portfolio. In this role you will contribute to the practice as follows:

• Delivery & Stakeholder Management: Accountability for delivery of strategic transformation projects within Finance & Enterprise Value practice and the wider Enterprise Model & Strategy team and drive the further development of these accounts.Including:
  • Leading the delivery of large and complex projects, working collaboratively with team members and clients to rapidly understand and define business challenges and potential solutions.
  • Developing and presenting meaningful and practical insights and recommendations, based on a robust evidence-base, and that can stand up to client scrutiny.
  • Build strong, long-lasting client relationships as a trusted advisor at all levels.
  • Practice Development: Provide leadership for assignedofferings, including the development and evolutions of playbooks, and toolkits to drive innovation, strengthen our market position and thought leadership.
  • People: Coach, develop, and performance manage team members as part of project delivery. Contribute to developing the practice by driving skills growth, coaching, and supporting consultant career progression.
  • Business Development: Support the growth of the Finance & Enterprise Value practice and the wider Enterprise Model & Strategy team through engaging leadership and recruitment support across all levels. Develop, commercialise and grow assigned solutions and offerings to meet business objectives. Drive achievement of assigned sales objectives £0.5m.

As part of your role, you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

YOUR PROFILE

To succeed in the role, you will bring the following experience:

Consulting & Leadership Experience:

• Proven ability to build and lead teams, mobilising and managing projects to successful delivery.
• This should include previous experience of performance improvement techniques and the finance value chain, with project leadership experience in at least two core processes (O2C, P2P, R2R, FP&A, T2F, Treasury) and / or cost performance programmes.
• You should bring experience of more than one of our target industries (Public Sector, Energy Transition & Utilities, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Automotive & Life Sciences, or Technology, Media, Telecoms & Services).

Solution Development, Delivery & Stakeholder Management:

• Working collaboratively with team members and clients to rapidly understand and define business challenges and potential solutions.
• Ability to shape and solve problems using a fact-based approach to drive our insight.Leading and planning the execution of overall work stream(s) necessary to the delivery of the programme in line with the appropriate methodology.
• The ability to develop and maintain relationships with senior management level executives and extensive experience in hybrid delivery of complex improvement / transformation projects.
• Experience working with finance teams in large, complex or international organisations including familiarity within modern finance organisation principles.

Business Development:

• The ability to sell additional resources, shape winning deals and be actively involved in the development of strategic account(s) within an industry sector.
• You should also have experience of leading the commercialisation and growth of assigned solutions or offerings. You will have experience of working to a formal sales target.

People:

• Experience of building and managing teams to mobilise and manage multiple projects and workstreams.
• Track record of supporting high-performing teams, coaching talent, and fostering a culture of growth and inclusion.

Credibility as a Finance Professional:

• As you will work with senior finance leaders, it is requirement of the role that you are a fully qualified UK Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), with strong technical grounding and ability to formulate strategy and translate into actionable solutions

Desirable Skills

• Experience working on solutions which successfully utilise Artificial Intelligence.

WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE?

About Our Team

Finance & Enterprise Value (F&EV) is the finance strategy & transformation advisory practice within Enterprise Model & Strategy (EM&S), part of the Corporate Experience capability unit at Capgemini Invent. We help CFOs and senior leaders identify, convert, and sustain value across the finance function.

Our practice comprises three work areas:

• Value Strategy & Modelling (VSM): Business case development, value realisation planning and shaping of outcome based commercial structures for major client decisions and deals.
• Finance Transformation: Design and optimisation of future-ready finance operating models, organisation design, and delivery structures, combined with integrated planning, productivity levers, and cost optimisation to improve decision‑making and financial performance.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.