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Interim Shared Services Transition Lead £600 - £700

Employer
1st Executive
Location
England, London
Salary
£600 - £700 per day
Closing date
20 Aug 2022

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Specialist Area
Contracts Manager
Sector
Accountancy
Function
Consultant
Contract Type
Contract / Interim / Temporary
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

A FTSE 100 business is looking to hire an Interim Financial Shared Services Transition Lead for a major outsource program.

This role will be focused on the delivery of the upcoming outsource.

This is a 12-month interim contract offering between £600-£700 p/d inside IR35 and hybrid working - offices in Central London.

This position will support the Finance Shared Services Implementation Lead in implementing a new captive shared services model involving establishing new finance shared services centres.

The Finance Shared Services Transition Lead will be responsible for the end-to-end execution of assigned transitions, including the transitioning of finance activities from local finance teams to the SSC's, co-ordination with both the local finance teams and the captive shared services centres team to ensure the transitions are delivered according to the agreed timelines and budget.

Key Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the end-to-end execution of assigned transitions
  • Ownership of the detailed transition plans and builds out status reports as per the defined timelines in the program
  • Planning, scheduling, and monitoring the execution of assigned transitions
  • Actively identifying, prioritising, and mitigating project risks and issues
  • Identify project stakeholders, and communicate transition progress, risks and issues regularly
  • Analyse transition internal/external dependencies to ensure that critical path is defined and maintained
  • Engage proactively with the local finance teams to ensure transition plans are aligned and resources available to support the transition according to the defined plans
  • Engage proactively with the receiving Shared Services Centres to ensure Knowledge Transfer is executed effectively so that activities are successfully moved through to go-live
  • Closes and transitions project to operations; verifies stakeholder satisfaction with transition outcomes
  • Carries out transition management activities using best practice project transition methodologies

The role requires the following skills:

  • Qualified Accountant with strong knowledge of finance
  • Previous experience in set up of finance shared service centres
  • At least 2 years of transition management experience (offshoring/outsourcing/move to captive)
  • Expertise in one or more specific SSC topics, e.g., target operating model design, service management, performance management (SLA, KPI)
  • Process knowledge - R2R, O2C, P2P
  • Experience in moving multiple FTEs from different locations to a shared services environment
  • Experience managing transitions of large scale and complexity

This is an urgent requirement so if this is of interest please apply immediately and contact Jamie.mackinlay@1st-executive.com to find out more.

Company

1st Executive

1st Executive are the forefront of 'Search' within the Procurement sector operating UK & Europe wide. Our focus in in interim management and permanent recruitment ranging from Senior Buyers through CPO's

At 1st Executive we understand that businesses are driven by people. We work in partnership with our clients to ensure that they improve the performance of their organisation through the right people. Our clients are organisations who are widely regarded as the most attractive to work for in their sector, consisting of FTSE 100 / Global 500 organisations as well as dynamic , growing consultancies. They are diverse in their sectors, covering FMCG, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Technology to name a few.

Our approach is professional, knowledgeable and above all, successful. This is why we are the partnership of choice for many of the UK's most prestigious organisations when it comes to finding the right person for the job.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 84321 630 30
Location
Connaught House
Portsmouth Road
Ripley
Surrey
GU23 7JY
United Kingdom

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