Finance Transformation Project Manager (Payroll Transformation) in London

The successful candidate will take end-to-end ownership of delivery, including scope, budget, schedule, governance, risk management, stakeholder engagement and business outcomes. They will work across a globally dispersed finance function, partnering with Finance, Digital Technology, Shared Services and external implementation partners.

Key Focus Areas

Lead enterprise finance systems projects through the full lifecycle.

Manage solution design, configuration, integrations, data migration, testing, cutover and hypercare.

Drive governance, reporting, budgeting and risk management.

Influence senior stakeholders including CFOs, Finance Directors and technology leaders.

Manage third-party implementation partners and systems integrators.

Lead globally distributed project teams across multiple regions.

Support change management, user adoption and operational readiness.

Contribute to wider PMO governance, standards and resource planning.

Candidates should demonstrate:

Finance Systems Delivery

Significant experience delivering large-scale finance systems transformations.

End-to-end experience across:

Requirements gathering

Solution design

Implementation

Data migration

Testing

Deployment

Support transition

Benefits realisation

Project Leadership

Ownership of:

Scope

Budget

Schedule

Governance

Quality

Risks and issues

Executive reporting

Stakeholder Management

Strong executive-level engagement skills.

Experience influencing senior Finance and Technology stakeholders.

Comfortable operating in complex global environments.

Supplier & Commercial Management

Managing Systems Integrators and implementation partners.

SOW management.

Change control and commercial governance.

Supplier performance management.

Team Leadership

Leading multidisciplinary project teams.

Line management and development of PMs and Business Analysts.

Resource planning and coaching.

Methods & Tools

PM certifications such as:

PRINCE2

APM

PMI

MSP

Experience with:

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Project governance frameworks

Highly Desirable Background

ERP implementations (SAP, Oracle, Workday, Dynamics, etc.).

Payroll, Procurement, Finance Reporting or Consolidation platforms.

Finance transformation or Target Operating Model programmes.

Shared Services transitions.

Knowledge of:

Record-to-Report (R2R)

Procure-to-Pay (P2P)

Order-to-Cash (O2C)

Payroll processes

Ideal Candidate Profile

Ideal candidate

A senior Finance Transformation Project Manager who has led global ERP or finance systems programmes, managed major systems integrators, and can confidently engage CFO-level stakeholders while driving delivery across international teams. Experience within professional services, consulting, engineering, infrastructure or large multinational organisations would be especially relevant.

A senior transformation leader who can step into an active programme, quickly establish credibility with senior sponsors, manage complex stakeholder groups across global regions, and drive the payroll transformation through to successful delivery while navigating programme dependencies and operational change.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.