Role Purpose: Finance Project Manager- 9 Month Contract

This role plays a critical role in delivering Finance transformation and change initiatives, combining hands-on Business Analysis with end-to-end project delivery responsibilities. The primary focus will be the implementation of a Finance Target Operating Model (TOM), including— as a priority — the delivery of a transaction-level sub-ledger capability. Acting as both Project Manager and Business Analyst, the role holder will own planning, coordination, and delivery of finance initiatives while also leading detailed requirements analysis, process design, and stakeholder engagement. The role bridges Finance, Technology, and Operations, ensuring that solutions are well-defined, delivered on time, and embedded successfully into the business.

 

The ideal candidate will have strong finance domain knowledge, experience delivering technology-enabled change, and confidence operating in agile and hybrid delivery environments. They will be comfortable managing scope, risks, and dependencies while also producing high-quality documentation and process models. A professional accountancy qualification would be advantageous but is not essential.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Contribute to enterprise projects including GL/ERP and Sub Ledger upgrades and implementations, internal payment system changes, and automation initiatives.

Project Management & Delivery

• Own the delivery of Finance transformation workstreams, including planning, milestone tracking, dependency management, and reporting.
• Manage scope, risks, issues, and assumptions, ensuring timely escalation and resolution.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery teams (Finance, Technology, Operations, and third parties) to ensure aligned execution.
• Support governance forums by preparing status updates, decision papers, and RAID logs.
• Drive delivery using Agile or hybrid methodologies, ensuring outcomes align with strategic objectives.

Business Analysis & Change

• Collaborate with Finance and cross-functional stakeholders to elicit, analyse, and document business and functional requirements.
• Document current-state and future-state processes using BPMN 2.0, identifying gaps, control impacts, and improvement opportunities.
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and clear delivery artefacts.
• Act as a Finance subject matter liaison between operational teams, technology, and external partners.
• Support testing activities including test planning, UAT coordination, defect triage, and resolution.
• Support implementation and adoption through process documentation, training materials, and stakeholder workshops.
• Maintain clear, auditable documentation across requirements, design decisions, testing, risks, and issues to meet governance and compliance standards.

Professional Experience

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst and Project Manager ideally in Financial Services, Payments, or Fintech environments
• Proven experience in designing and implementing automated, event-driven accounting frameworks based on transaction-level messaging data
• Exposure to ERP systems and associated O2C, P2P and R2R processes
• Understanding of data models and data architectures including master data management
• Preferably experience with technology-led financial services (e.g., e-money, digital wallets, settlement platforms) or financial products
• An understanding of payments business models, funds flow architecture, and FX (foreign exchange) operations would also be helpful

Technical Skills

• Skills in BPMN 2.0 process mapping using tools such as Visio
• Proficiency in Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence and comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Experienced in documenting requirements and writing user stories
• Experienced in managing testing and defect resolution, including UAT
• Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills including ability to communicate findings and proposals clearly using PowerPoint presentations

Personal Attributes

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to challenge and add value.
• Proactive and adaptable, capable of working both independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines while prioritising and managing a varied workload.
• A strong team player who thrives in a professional yet friendly environment.

 

Qualifications

• Strong academic background, including a university degree
• Preferable to have accountancy qualifications such as ACCA, CIMA, or ACA