Senior Finance Programme Manager
RWS
The Senior Finance Programme Manager will lead the end\-to\-end delivery of complex, global finance transformation programmes spanning multiple workstreams, regions, systems and business functions. The role will be accountable for translating strategic objectives into an executable programme roadmap and delivering technology implementation, process redesign, data migration, control enhancement and organisational change. The successful candidate will combine strong finance transformation and enterprise technology delivery experience with programme leadership, commercial acumen and executive stakeholder management. The role will ensure that programmes are delivered to agreed scope, quality, timeline and budget, and that the intended operational, financial and control benefits are realised and sustained. **About Group Finance** In joining RWS’s Finance team you will be a critical part of supporting a listed world\-leading provider of technology\-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. RWS has growing revenues of over £750m through a combination of value accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Group finance, led by our Group CFO; Stephen Lamb, includes diverse teams across the globe operating in functions including business partnering, operational finance, specialist, and group functions. We cover a footprint of over 100 legal entities in 43 different countries worldwide. It’s a very exciting time to join RWS Finance for an individual who enjoys change and making an impact! As part of the overall RWS business strategy we are making a significant investment in upgrading our financial systems and processes to deliver enhanced reporting and control, more efficient processing enabling great value through enhanced business partnering and decision support. **Key Responsibilities** **Job Overview** **Programme leadership and governance** * Lead the full programme lifecycle from mobilisation and discovery through design, build, testing, deployment, stabilisation, transition to BAU and benefits realisation. * Define and maintain the programme vision, scope, outcomes, roadmap, milestones, budget, resource plan, success measures and governance model. * Establish clear decision rights, escalation routes, reporting cadence and programme controls aligned with Finance and Technology governance standards. * Lead multiple interdependent workstreams and ensure alignment across process, technology, data, controls, operating model and change activities. * Maintain high\-quality programme artefacts, including integrated plans, RAID and dependency logs, decision records, financial forecasts and executive status reporting. **Finance transformation and solution delivery** * Deliver finance transformation initiatives such as ERP implementations and migrations, finance systems integration, shared services transformation, process standardisation, reporting and control improvements, and systems consolidation. * Oversee requirements elicitation and ensure that business, functional, technical, data, security and control requirements are complete, prioritised, traceable and formally approved. * Coordinate solution design and configuration across finance platforms and adjacent systems, including HR, payroll, production systems, time tracking, banking and reporting tools. * Ensure finance processes and controls are designed to support a scalable global operating model while meeting local statutory, tax, audit and compliance requirements. * Provide effective challenge to proposed solutions and delivery approaches to ensure they are proportionate, supportable and aligned with enterprise architecture and finance strategy. **Data, testing, deployment and operational readiness** * Oversee data discovery, cleansing, mapping, migration, reconciliation and validation, with clear ownership and acceptance criteria. * Define the testing strategy and coordinate system integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, control testing and, where relevant, parallel runs. * Lead cutover and deployment planning, including readiness criteria, go/no\-go governance, contingency planning, command\-centre support and hypercare. * Ensure operational readiness through documented processes, controls, support models, service levels, training materials and standard operating procedures. * Confirm that solutions are transitioned into stable BAU ownership with clear accountability for ongoing service, controls and continuous improvement. **Stakeholder, vendor and commercial management** * Act as the primary programme contact for executive sponsors, Finance and Technology leadership, process owners and regional stakeholders. * Build alignment across Finance, Technology, HR, Shared Services, Operations, Internal Audit and other impacted functions. * Prepare concise executive reporting that clearly communicates progress, financial position, risks, dependencies, decisions required and recovery actions. * Manage system vendors, impleme