Senior Project Manager - Finance

Liberty Blume; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

25 days annual leave

Wellbeing benefits

Pension 10%

Life assurance

Job summary

Liberty Blume in Bradford (BD4) is seeking a Senior Project Manager – Finance Transformation to lead end-to-end finance change programmes on a 12-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working.

You'll partner with Finance, Technology and Ops leaders to deliver automation, improved controls and process standardisation, with potential to join permanently. Strong stakeholder engagement and governance are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex finance transformation, ERP, or process-improvement programmes.
• Experience with governance, risk management and project controls.
• Strong communication and senior stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of finance transformation programmes.
• Drive process improvement, automation, controls, reporting and operating model changes.
• Manage project plans, budgets, risks, dependencies and governance.
• Collaborate with Finance, Technology and third-party suppliers to deliver outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to automate and optimise finance processes using data/AI.
• Support change activities including communications, training and adoption.
• Maintain project documentation such as business cases and RAID logs.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and aligned to objectives.
• Build relationships across Finance, Operations and Technology.
• Champion delivery excellence and continuous improvement across initiatives.

Skills

Finance transformation

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance & controls

Certifications (PRINCE2/PMP)

Education

PRINCE2 / PMP / AgilePM

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Monday.com

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager – Finance Transformation to join our team in Bradford (BD4) on a 12-month fixed-term contract with potential to become permanent. This hybrid role offers flexibility, with two days in the office and three days working remotely.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead some of the most impactful finance transformation programmes across Liberty Blume. From AI-powered automation and autonomous finance processes to large-scale change initiatives, you'll play a key role in helping shape the future of Finance.

Working within our Transformation team and reporting to the Director of Transformation, you'll partner with senior Finance, Technology and Operational stakeholders to deliver strategic change programmes that improve efficiency, standardisation, automation and business performance.

This role provides a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact within a high-profile transformation portfolio, with the potential for further opportunities as the business continues to grow.

If you're a hands-on Project Manager who enjoys solving complex challenges, influencing senior stakeholders and delivering meaningful business change, we'd love to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

• Leading end-to-end delivery of finance transformation and business change programmes.
• Driving initiatives focused on process improvement, automation, controls, reporting and operating model transformation.
• Managing project plans, governance, budgets, risks, dependencies and stakeholder communications.
• Partnering with Finance leaders, SMEs, Technology teams and third-party suppliers to deliver successful outcomes.
• Identifying opportunities to improve finance processes through technology, data, AI and automation.
• Supporting organisational change activities including communications, training and adoption planning.
• Maintaining project documentation including business cases, RAID logs, project plans and transformation roadmaps.
• Ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and aligned to strategic business objectives.
• Building strong relationships across Finance, Operations and Technology functions.
• Championing delivery excellence and continuous improvement across transformation initiatives.

Essential

We tend to look for people with:

• Proven experience delivering complex finance transformation, ERP, business change or process improvement programmes.
• Strong project management expertise, supported by recognised qualifications or certifications (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP, AgilePM, Scrum Master)
• Experience working across finance processes including Record-to-Report (R2R), Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Order-to-Cash (O2C).
• Track record of managing senior stakeholders and executive sponsors.
• Experience delivering technology-enabled transformation projects.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk management and project controls.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience working in multinational or complex business environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Jira, Monday.com or similar delivery tools.
• Highly organised, adaptable and able to manage competing priorities

Desirable

• Experience delivering ERP implementations such as Oracle, SAP or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Exposure to shared services or global business services environments.
• Lean Six Sigma or continuous improvement experience.
• Experience supporting organisational change and adoption activities.
• Knowledge of AI, automation or robotic process automation initiatives.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Tableau or other reporting and visualisation tools.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary + Bonus
• 25 days annual leave + buy 5 days
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance, plus many more.
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• Life assurance & income protection
• Exclusive Virgin Media O2 products, employee discounts and cashback offers on thousands of brands
• Access to electric car scheme
• 24 hours paid volunteering leave

Who We Are

a Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you’re curious, customer centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale up journey and unlock your freedom to grow!

Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive environment and accommodating all candidates. We’re eager to hear from you, no matter your background.