Interim Finance Transformation Director – FTSE 250
9-month assignment | Starting mid-October | International business
We are working with a complex, international FTSE 250 organisation to appoint an experienced Interim Finance Transformation Director for an initial 9 month assignment.
This is a significant transformation mandate focused on optimising the global Finance operating model, increasing standardisation and scalability, and determining how Finance should be structured and delivered across an international organisation.
The business has already invested significantly in its technology and systems landscape. The next phase is about ensuring the operating model, processes, organisation and ways of working are designed to take full advantage of that investment.
The mandate
Working closely with the CFO and senior leadership team, you will assess the existing Finance operating model and develop a clear, evidence-based roadmap for its future evolution.
Key areas of focus will include:
- Assessing the current Finance Target Operating Model across a complex international organisation.
- Establishing a robust baseline across cost, FTE, activity, process and location.
- Reviewing the balance between embedded Finance, Centres of Excellence and Global Business Services / Shared Services.
- Identifying opportunities to further centralise and optimise transactional Finance activity.
- Assessing the maturity and potential expansion of existing GBS / SSC capability.
- Driving greater global standardisation across core Finance processes including P2P, O2C, R2R, intercompany, reconciliations, master data and month-end close.
- Establishing clearer global process ownership and accountability.
- Identifying opportunities for simplification, automation and AI-enabled productivity.
- Ensuring transformation strengthens rather than compromises the financial control environment.
- Developing the transformation business case, benefits case and investment requirements.
- Creating a practical, sequenced implementation and migration roadmap.
- Securing alignment across the CFO, executive leadership and wider international stakeholder community.
- Mobilising and potentially leading the initial waves of implementation.
The individual
We are particularly interested in experienced Finance Transformation leaders who have operated within large, complex and international organisations.
You are likely to bring:
- A strong track record of leading enterprise-scale Finance Transformation.
- Significant experience designing and implementing Finance Target Operating Models.
- Direct experience of GBS and/or Shared Service Centre optimisation, expansion or migration.
- Strong understanding of global Finance processes, particularly P2P, O2C and R2R.
- Experience assessing what should remain embedded within the business versus centralised or moved into GBS/SSC environments.
- Evidence of delivering measurable improvements across cost, productivity, process efficiency, controls and service quality.
- Experience establishing baselines, developing transformation business cases and translating these into executable programmes.
- Strong understanding of the role of automation, data and AI within modern Finance functions.
- The credibility to operate with CFO, Executive Committee and Board-level stakeholders.
- Experience within a listed, multinational or similarly complex corporate environment would be highly advantageous.
The assignment is expected to commence mid-October and run for an initial 9 month period. Role will sit Outside IR35.