About the Role
This role is pivotal in ensuring the successful adoption of new ways of working, processes, and technology for a Finance workstream within an Enterprise-wide Transformation programme. It offers an exciting opportunity to join a high-profile transformation workstream where communication, stakeholder engagement, and business readiness are critical to success.
Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver the change management, communications and engagement strategy for the Finance Transformation workstream.
- Partner with programme leadership, project managers, 3rd parties and business stakeholders to create a compelling vision for change and clearly articulate programme benefits.
- Conduct change impact assessments to understand business impacts and define appropriate change interventions.
- Assess organisational readiness and develop plans to support successful adoption of new processes, technology and ways of working.
- Lead stakeholder engagement activities across multiple business areas, building strong relationships at all organisational levels.
- Design and deliver communication plans that keep stakeholders informed, engaged and aligned throughout the transformation journey.
- Coordinate and support learning and training activities.
- Establish and support change champion networks to drive engagement and encourage adoption.
- Monitor adoption, engagement and change effectiveness, making recommendations to improve outcomes.
- Support the transition of new capabilities into operational teams, ensuring sustainable change and alignment with continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Proven experience delivering change management on complex transformation or technology programmes, ideally experienced in finance system change.
- Strong background in communications, stakeholder engagement and business readiness.
- Experience designing and implementing change and adoption strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Demonstrable experience of working with a complex stakeholder landscape.
- Demonstrable experience of working at pace in ambiguity.
- Ability to influence and build credibility with stakeholders from operational teams through to senior leadership.
- Experience facilitating workshops, engagement sessions and change impact assessments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information for different audiences.
- A collaborative approach with exceptional relationship-building skills.
- Experience supporting Finance Transformation programmes, including ERP, or shared service transformation initiatives.
- Knowledge of recognised change methodologies such as Prosci ADKAR, APMG Change Management, Change Management Institute, MSP or equivalent.
- Experience working alongside project management and business analysis teams within large transformation programmes.
Skills
- Change Management
- Communications
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Business Readiness
- Prosci ADKAR
- APMG Change Management
- Change Management Institute
- MSP
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Experienced
About the Company
- The client is undergoing an Enterprise-wide Transformation programme.
