Finance Transformation Programme Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Portugal.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of a unified plan for FY27 finance transformation programs.

• Establish sequencing and priorities while making dependencies, decision points, delivery gates, and capacity visible.

• Oversee delivery across programs and proactively address issues.

• Align demand with offshore build capacity in collaboration with the Senior ERP Manager.

• Manage finance integration plans for acquisitions from Day 1 readiness to handover.

• Organize entity onboarding, chart of accounts mapping, close activities, and finance readiness requirements.

• Collaborate with country finance teams and stakeholders to resolve issues and sustain momentum.

• Ensure that each integration includes a funded knowledge-capture deliverable.

• Transfer delivery responsibilities to the designated run-side integration lead after achieving agreed outcomes and handover requirements.

• Maintain the portfolio RAID log, detailing owners and actions for risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.

• Identify slippage and drive recovery efforts within acceptable tolerances.

• Escalate threshold breaches and suggest recovery plans or re-baselines to the Director.

• Prepare weekly reports for the Director and monthly updates for the program board.

• Provide evidence for quarterly outcomes assessments.

• Act as the primary delivery contact for country finance teams, finance function owners, and vendors.

• Resolve delivery disputes involving country finance or external stakeholders.

• Build confidence among senior stakeholders through transparent communication, data-driven reporting, and follow-through.

• Balance global standards with local finance realities and compliance requirements.

• Lead, coach, and develop project managers across the portfolio.

• Establish a consistent delivery approach, governance rhythm, and templates.

• Encourage knowledge sharing and capture lessons learned from migrations.

• Coordinate the evidence required for go/no-go decisions.

• Ensure that readiness risks are visible and managed before critical gates.

• Produce comprehensive handover packs for run owners.

• Secure run-owner sign-off to officially conclude delivery responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in leading complex finance transformation, ERP, or business change programs.

• Strong skills in program planning and dependency management across multiple workstreams.

• Experience in managing acquisition or entity integrations, ideally from Day 1 to operational handover.

• Confidence in liaising with senior stakeholders, country finance teams, vendors, and delivery teams.

• Proven ability to identify risks early and recover delivery when plans deviate.

• Highly organized, outcome-driven, and comfortable navigating ambiguity.

• Credible partner for senior finance, technology, and business leaders.

• Unyielding focus on clarity, pace, and delivery discipline.

• Experience leading finance integrations for acquisitions from Day 1 readiness through entity onboarding, closing, and handover.

• Experience delivering ERP or finance transformation programs end-to-end in a multi-entity environment, managing several workstreams and dependencies simultaneously.

• Sufficient finance knowledge to challenge country finance directors regarding timelines and scope, including record to report, month-end close, statutory, and tax reporting.

• Experience managing delivery with offshore build teams across different time zones.

• Experience in leading project managers or overseeing a PMO.

• Experience serving as the senior delivery lead under a design authority, responsible for how delivery is executed and escalating changes in scope, design, or outcomes.

• Experience transitioning programs to a named run owner with formal acceptance.

• Ability to succinctly brief a CFO on status and risks.

• Proficiency in English is essential.

• Knowledge of NetSuite or Oracle is preferred.

• Experience in creating a repeatable integration playbook is preferred.

• Familiarity with Brazil or regulatory change programs such as e-invoicing is preferred.

• Recognized program management method certification is preferred.

• Proficiency in Portuguese is preferred.

• CV must be submitted in English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work is permitted.

• Hybrid workplace model.

• Opportunity to influence Finance Transformation delivery across an international group.

• Collaboration with international teams across Europe, Brazil, the Philippines, and other group locations.

• Professional development through leading, coaching, and nurturing project managers.

• Opportunity to establish consistent delivery methods, governance rhythms, and reusable templates.