Senior Finance Programme Manager

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the entire programme lifecycle, encompassing mobilisation, discovery, design, build, testing, deployment, stabilisation, transition to BAU, and benefits realisation.

• Establish and uphold the programme vision, scope, outcomes, roadmap, milestones, budget, resource plan, success measures, and governance model.

• Create decision rights, escalation paths, reporting frequency, and programme controls.

• Manage multiple interdependent workstreams across process, technology, data, controls, operating model, and change initiatives.

• Maintain comprehensive plans, RAID and dependency logs, decision records, financial forecasts, and executive status updates.

• Execute finance transformation projects, including ERP implementations and migrations, finance systems integration, shared services transformation, process standardisation, reporting and control enhancements, and systems consolidation.

• Supervise requirements gathering, solution design, and configuration across finance platforms and related HR, payroll, production, time tracking, banking, and reporting systems.

• Ensure finance processes and controls align with a scalable global operating model and comply with local statutory, tax, audit, and regulatory requirements.

• Manage data discovery, cleansing, mapping, migration, reconciliation, and validation activities.

• Develop testing strategies and oversee integration, user acceptance, regression, control testing, and parallel runs.

• Lead cutover and deployment planning, readiness governance, contingency strategies, command-centre support, and hypercare.

• Ensure operational readiness through established processes, controls, support models, service levels, training materials, and standard operating procedures.

• Transition solutions to stable BAU ownership with clear accountability for ongoing service, control, and continuous improvement.

• Serve as the primary programme liaison for executive sponsors, Finance and Technology leaders, process owners, and regional stakeholders.

• Foster alignment across Finance, Technology, HR, Shared Services, Operations, Internal Audit, and other affected functions.

• Prepare executive reports detailing progress, financial status, risks, dependencies, decisions, and recovery actions.

• Manage relationships with system vendors, implementation partners, consultants, and service providers, overseeing deliverables, procurement, commercial negotiations, statements of work, and change control.

• Assume ownership of programme risks and issues, ensuring that finance, technology, security, privacy, regulatory, and operational risks are mitigated.

• Integrate financial controls, segregation of duties, audit trails, and governance requirements into new processes and systems.

• Coordinate assurance activities, quality reviews, and both internal and external audit engagements.

• Define and manage change management, communications, stakeholder engagement, and training strategies.

• Evaluate organisational impacts and readiness, cultivate business ownership and change networks, and minimize operational disruption.

• Establish benefit measures and baselines, track delivery against the business case, and ensure sustained outcomes.

• Document lessons learned and enhance programme delivery standards as well as the broader Finance transformation portfolio.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in managing large, complex transformation projects or programmes within global, multi-entity organisations.

• Proven track record in leading finance transformation, ERP, finance systems, payroll, HRIS, or closely related enterprise technology implementations.

• Strong comprehension of general ledger, financial close, reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, revenue recognition, cash management, and financial controls.

• Demonstrated experience in multi-workstream programme management, including planning, budgeting, governance, RAID management, dependency management, and benefits realisation.

• Experience in managing complex data migration, testing, cutover, hypercare, and transition-to-service activities.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing abilities with C-suite sponsors and senior Finance and Technology leaders.

• Strong vendor and commercial management experience with SaaS providers, enterprise technology vendors, systems integrators, and consulting partners.

• Capability to interpret complex business and technical information, resolve ambiguity, and translate issues into clear decisions and actionable steps.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, negotiation, facilitation, and executive reporting skills.

• Experience in driving change across multiple countries, business units, and operating environments.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Great Plains, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or comparable finance platforms.

• Experience in payroll or HR-to-Finance transformation, including payroll interfaces, parallel runs, compliance, and operating model changes.

• Experience in Finance Shared Services, global process ownership, or finance process standardisation.

• Professional project or programme management certification such as MSP, PRINCE2, PMP, or APM.

• Accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, or CIMA, or equivalent finance experience.

• Experience working in a publicly listed, regulated, or audit-intensive environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal employment opportunity in a work environment free from discrimination and harassment.

• Opportunities for personal growth and career advancement.

• Collaborate with intelligent individuals who are passionate about enhancing the value of ideas, data, and content.

• An inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity and differences.