Overview

Principal Finance Transformation Consultant (Inside IR35 Contractor) – immediate availability preferred. 2 days per week on client site (East Midlands). Expenses covered.

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.

Essential Skills and Experience

• 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.
• Ability to drive operational improvements and lead teams through process change, automation, and systems implementation.
• Strong understanding of finance processes and how they contribute to both operational and strategic business outcomes.
• Experience in delivering finance transformation programmes, either in-house or in a consulting capacity.
• 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.
• Demonstrated capability in operating model design, stakeholder mapping, and change impact assessment.
• Exposure to automation, AI, and data-driven decision-making in a finance context.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) strongly preferred.
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline (minimum 2:1).
• Qualification in change management (e.g. Prosci or equivalent) is advantageous.

Why Version 1?

Strong career progression and mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance and leadership schemes with dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development reviews. A large training budget for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role. Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards and recognition platforms. Enhanced maternity & paternity leave policies. Active ESG and CSR initiatives. Quarterly performance-related profit share, and recognition through our Great Place to Work status for 10 years in a row. Flexible mix of remote and hybrid working. Pension, private healthcare, life assurance, and more.

This is a hybrid role with occasional travel to the nearest base office. You must have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Additional Information

Contact: 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; please contact us directly if you want to join Version 1.