Finance System Implementation Consultant - ACA/ACCA/CIMA
Posted Today by Lexstra Plc
£700 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Swindon, Wiltshire, UK
Summary: The Finance Systems Implementation Consultant will lead a group-wide Finance Systems Replacement programme within an FCA-regulated Financial Services organisation. The role requires experience in delivering finance system implementations as a Finance business lead, managing the full lifecycle from requirements gathering to implementation. The consultant will work closely with various teams and vendors to ensure successful delivery and transition to business as usual (BAU). This position is crucial for modernising the finance operating model and reporting capabilities of the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
- End-to-end delivery of finance system/general ledger replacement
- Define future-state finance processes, data and reporting
- Manage vendor selection alongside Procurement
- Lead governance, RAID management and programme reporting
- Act as liaison across Finance, IT, Data teams and external suppliers
- Drive finance change management and operating model improvements
- Identify automation opportunities across AP, PO, budgeting, planning and MI reporting
Key Skills:
- Proven delivery of finance systems or ERP implementation programmes
- Strong finance domain knowledge (GL, AP, AR, Financial Reporting, FP&A)
- Stakeholder management at senior level
- Vendor and third-party management
- Experience delivering complex cross-functional projects
- Oracle Netsuite and/or Microsoft Dynamics (desirable)
- Financial services/FCA-regulated environment (desirable)
- ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent (desirable)
- PRINCE2/APM/PMP (desirable)
Salary: £700 per day
City: Swindon
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Finance Systems Implementation Consultant required to lead a group-wide Finance Systems Replacement programme within an FCA-regulated Financial Services organisation. Experience delivering Finance system implementations (eg, GL, AP/AR, PO workflow, Planning/MI tools) as a Finance business lead, rather than as an IT/technical project manager, is highly desirable. You will manage the full life cycle from requirements gathering and vendor selection through to implementation and transition to BAU, working closely with Finance, Technology, Data and third-party vendors.
Key Responsibilities
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End-to-end delivery of finance system/general ledger replacement
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Define future-state finance processes, data and reporting
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Manage vendor selection alongside Procurement
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Lead governance, RAID management and programme reporting
-
Act as liaison across Finance, IT, Data teams and external suppliers
-
Drive finance change management and operating model improvements
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Identify automation opportunities across AP, PO, budgeting, planning and MI reporting
Required Experience
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Proven delivery of finance systems or ERP implementation programmes
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Strong finance domain knowledge (GL, AP, AR, Financial Reporting, FP&A)
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Stakeholder management at senior level
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Vendor and third-party management
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Experience delivering complex cross-functional projects
Desirable
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Oracle Netsuite and/or Microsoft Dynamics
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Financial services/FCA-regulated environment
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ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent
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PRINCE2/APM/PMP
This is a key transformation role within a growing financial services organisation modernising its finance operating model and reporting capability.
This Full time hybrid role requires 3 days per week in Swindon.