Senior Change Manager - 5718

Cambridge University Press; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridge University Press is seeking a Senior Change Manager to lead and deliver finance transformation initiatives. This role involves collaboration with finance functions, project management, and a focus on achieving successful business change outcomes in a hybrid working environment. The candidate will harness their experience in change management to enhance finance processes and support organizational success.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private Medical, Dental and Permanent Health Insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Group personal pension scheme

Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary

Green travel schemes

Qualifications

• Experience as a project manager with great communication skills.
• Ability to build commitment and unblock challenges.
• Strong understanding of business and systems requirements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a portfolio of change initiatives for finance processes.
• Monitor progress against plans, track benefits, and manage risks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and lead governance around projects.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Change Management

Business Analysis

Job description

Job Title: Senior Change Manager (Finance)

Salary: £34,500 – 58,500 pa

Location: Cambridge (hybrid – 40-60% onsite)

Contract: Fixed term contract until December 2026, full time (35 hours a week)

Using your blend of project and change management, business analysis and improvement skills, this is the opportunity to be right in the centre of transforming Finance for Cambridge University Press and Assessment.

Working across the breadth of global finance business functions, and alongside partners in wider Cambridge University Press & Assessment, you will be responsible for delivering a portfolio of change initiatives through a blend of project, product and change management, business analysis and improvement skills. Your portfolio will adapt throughout the year as priorities evolve, which could include managing business change initiatives to support finance processes and systems delivery or organisational change.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

This is an opportunity to use your passion for change to make a significant contribution to the future success of CUP&A Finance. In return, you will be part of a strong, supportive team at the heart of transformation that will support your personal development in change and project management.

About you

Collaboration

As a project manager and change practitioner with great communication skills, you will partner with stakeholders at all levels to understand their needs, solve problems, and build connections. You'll help build commitment, unblock challenges, create comms and ensure successful outcomes. You will identify business and systems requirements, change impacts accurately and employ strategies to ensure that change is executed, sustained and embedded.

Vision

We put our teachers and learners at the heart of everything we do and Finance objective is to support and enable this vision. You'll think creatively to find better ways of doing things, identifying and supporting opportunities for improvement based on evidence from our teams.

Organisation

As an organised project manager, you will effectively monitor progress against plans, track benefits, lead on decisions and actions and manage risks and issues. You'll establish strong governance around your projects and engage effectively with existing governance structures in Finance and the wider organisation to champion your projects.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private Medical, Dental and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme.
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Friday 13th June 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified.

Applications must be submitted through our Applicant Tracker System. Emailed applications cannot be accepted. Thank you.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.