Finance Change Lead

Job Description:

Are you a qualified accountant with a background in Finance Change, focussed on system implementations and / or migrations? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Core-Asset Consulting is supporting a leading financial services organisation in the appointment of a Finance Change Lead on a 9-month contract based in Edinburgh (hybrid working with 3 days in the office)

• Fully qualified accountant with relevant work experience


• Proven experience delivering finance change projects


• Hands-on experience with general ledger migration or ERP-led finance transformation


• Experience supporting outsourcing transitions within finance


• Strong understanding of core finance processes, controls, and month-end cycles


• Ability to operate independently and deliver in a fast-paced, time-bound environment


• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• Deliver finance change and business readiness activities within agreed timelines


• Lead delivery of general ledger migration, including business readiness and cutover support


• Lead the outsourcing of accounts payable and expense processes, including vendor mobilisation and process handover


• Manage impacts across finance teams, processes, and systems


• Engage effectively with senior stakeholders, providing clear communication throughout the programme


• Deliver training and support materials to enable adoption of new operating models


• Conduct readiness assessments and support go-live and post-implementation stabilisation

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter, and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 16473

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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