Overview
Principal Finance Transformation Consultant
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Company Description
Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 has several strategic technology partners including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems and Snowflake. We’re also an award-winning employer reflecting how employees are at the heart of Version 1. We’ve been awarded: Innovation Partner of the Year Winner 2023 Oracle EMEA Partner Awards, Global Microsoft Modernising Applications Partner of the Year Award 2023, AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year - EMEA 2023 and Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place To Work in UK and Ireland 2023.
Key Responsibilities
* Partner with clients to define the business outcomes their finance function must deliver and ensure ERP and process design are aligned to these outcomes.
* Map key stakeholders and facilitate alignment around transformation objectives, articulation of vision statements and development of robust business cases.
* Define current and target operating models, including roles, process taxonomies, and enabling technologies.
* Perform change impact assessments to understand implications across people, process, and technology.
* Design future-state finance processes and roles, often aligned with Oracle Fusion Cloud’s modern best practice frameworks.
* Support clients throughout the implementation journey, guiding them on how best to adopt new processes and technology.
* Guide clients in shifting their finance function from being dominated by operational processing to one focused on delivering insight and strategic value—enabled by streamlined workflows and automation.
* Write and secure agreement on change strategy and communication strategy documents to support stakeholder engagement and adoption.
* Provide thought leadership on emerging finance technologies, including AI, RPA, and advanced analytics, and how they can be leveraged to deliver outcomes.
* Lead change management and stakeholder engagement to ensure adoption and sustainability of new ways of working.
Qualifications
* Essential Skills and Experience:
o Proven experience leading finance teams within industry, with demonstrated expertise in one or more core areas such as Financial Control, Operational Processing (e.g., Accounts Payable), or Financial Planning and Analysis
o Ability to drive operational improvements and lead teams through process change, automation, and systems implementation.
o Strong understanding of finance processes and how they contribute to both operational and strategic business outcomes.
o Experience in delivering finance transformation programmes, either in-house or in a consulting capacity.
o Familiarity with ERP platforms (e.g. Oracle Fusion Cloud, Oracle E Business Suite, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft or MS Dynamics) and their role in enabling finance outcomes.
o Demonstrated capability in operating model design, stakeholder mapping, and change impact assessment.
o Exposure to automation, AI, and data-driven decision-making in a finance context.
o Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Qualifications:
o Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) strongly preferred.
o Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline (minimum 2:1).
o Qualification in change management (e.g. Prosci or equivalent) is advantageous.
Additional Information
Why Version 1?
Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance and leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development review. A large training budget for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role. Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards & our ‘Call-Out’ platform where performance is called out and recognised. Moments that matter & our enhanced maternity & paternity leave policies for life’s journey. Our active ESG & CSR initiative allows you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion, and belonging schemes.
* Quarterly performance-related profit share
* Certified Great Place to Work for 10 years in a row
* Flexible mix of Remote/Hybrid working options
* Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance
This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing Oracle ERP Consultancies in Ireland & the UK. Plus, many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
Please note that you must have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom or Ireland. This is hybrid based with occasional travel to your nearest base office.
Ashley Billington, Head of Talent Acquisition – Enterprise Applications (Oracle Cloud - ERP, HCM, EPM)
+447840839370
We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging statement. We do not accept agency candidates.
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This is hybrid based with occasional travel to your nearest base office.
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