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The role will be accountable for translating strategic objectives into an executable programme roadmap and delivering technology implementation, process redesign, data migration, control enhancement and organisational change.\nThe successful candidate will combine strong finance transformation and enterprise technology delivery experience with programme leadership, commercial acumen and executive stakeholder management. The role will ensure that programmes are delivered to agreed scope, quality, timeline and budget, and that the intended operational, financial and control benefits are realised and sustained.\nAbout Group Finance\nIn joining RWS’s Finance team you will be a critical part of supporting a listed world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. RWS has growing revenues of over £750m through a combination of value accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Group finance, led by our Group CFO; Stephen Lamb, includes diverse teams across the globe operating in functions including business partnering, operational finance, specialist, and group functions. We cover a footprint of over 100 legal entities in 43 different countries worldwide.\nIt’s a very exciting time to join RWS Finance for an individual who enjoys change and making an impact! As part of the overall RWS business strategy we are making a significant investment in upgrading our financial systems and processes to deliver enhanced reporting and control, more efficient processing enabling great value through enhanced business partnering and decision support.\nJob Overview\nKey Responsibilities\nProgramme leadership and governance\nLead the full programme lifecycle from mobilisation and discovery through design, build, testing, deployment, stabilisation, transition to BAU and benefits realisation.\nDefine and maintain the programme vision, scope, outcomes, roadmap, milestones, budget, resource plan, success measures and governance model.\nEstablish clear decision rights, escalation routes, reporting cadence and programme controls aligned with Finance and Technology governance standards.\nLead multiple interdependent workstreams and ensure alignment across process, technology, data, controls, operating model and change activities.\nMaintain high-quality programme artefacts, including integrated plans, RAID and dependency logs, decision records, financial forecasts and executive status reporting.\nFinance transformation and solution delivery\nDeliver finance transformation initiatives such as ERP implementations and migrations, finance systems integration, shared services transformation, process standardisation, reporting and control improvements, and systems consolidation.\nOversee requirements elicitation and ensure that business, functional, technical, data, security and control requirements are complete, prioritised, traceable and formally approved.\nCoordinate solution design and configuration across finance platforms and adjacent systems, including HR, payroll, production systems, time tracking, banking and reporting tools.\nEnsure finance processes and controls are designed to support a scalable global operating model while meeting local statutory, tax, audit and compliance requirements.\nProvide effective challenge to proposed solutions and delivery approaches to ensure they are proportionate, supportable and aligned with enterprise architecture and finance strategy.\nData, testing, deployment and operational readiness\nOversee data discovery, cleansing, mapping, migration, reconciliation and validation, with clear ownership and acceptance criteria.\nDefine the testing strategy and coordinate system integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, control testing and, where relevant, parallel runs.\nLead cutover and deployment planning, including readiness criteria, go/no-go governance, contingency planning, command-centre support and hypercare.\nEnsure operational readiness through documented processes, controls, support models, service levels, training materials and standard operating procedures.\nConfirm that solutions are transitioned into stable BAU ownership with clear accountability for ongoing service, controls and continuous improvement.\nStakeholder, vendor and commercial management\nAct as the primary programme contact for executive sponsors, Finance and Technology leadership, process owners and regional stakeholders.\nBuild alignment across Finance, Technology, HR, Shared Services, Operations, Internal Audit and other impacted functions.\nPrepare concise executive reporting that clearly communicates progress, financial position, risks, dependencies, decisions required and recovery actions.\nManage system vendors, implementation partners, consultants and service providers, ensuring deliverables meet contractual scope, timelines, quality and acceptance criteria.\nSupport procurement, commercial negotiations, statements of work and change control, and actively manage supplier performance and programme value for money.\nRisk, controls and assurance\nOwn the programme risk and issue framework, ensuring timely identification, analysis, mitigation, escalation and closure.\nEnsure finance, technology, security, privacy, regulatory and operational risks are addressed throughout the delivery lifecycle.\nEmbed appropriate financial controls, segregation of duties, audit trails and governance requirements within new processes and systems.\nCoordinate assurance activities, quality reviews and internal or external audit engagement, ensuring evidence is complete and actions are resolved.\nChange, adoption and benefits realisation\nDefine and oversee the change management, communications, stakeholder engagement and training strategy for all impacted teams.\nAssess organisational impacts and readiness across roles, processes, controls, systems, data and ways of working.\nBuild strong business ownership and change networks to support adoption and minimise operational disruption.\nDefine benefit measures and baselines, track delivery against the business case and ensure benefit owners are accountable for sustained outcomes.\nCapture lessons learned and apply them to improve programme delivery standards and the wider Finance transformation portfolio.\n\nSkills & Experience\n8+ years of experience delivering large, complex transformation projects or programmes within global, multi-entity organisations.\nProven experience leading finance transformation, ERP, finance systems, payroll, HRIS or closely related enterprise technology implementations.\nStrong understanding of core finance processes, including general ledger, financial close, reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, revenue recognition, cash management and financial controls.\nDemonstrated capability in multi-workstream programme management, including planning, budgeting, governance, RAID management, dependency management and benefits realisation.\nExperience managing complex data migration, testing, cutover, hypercare and transition-to-service activities.\nExceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, including experience working with C-suite sponsors and senior Finance and Technology leaders.\nStrong vendor and commercial management experience with SaaS providers, enterprise technology vendors, systems integrators and consulting partners.\nAbility to interpret complex business and technical information, resolve ambiguity and translate issues into clear decisions and executable actions.\nExcellent written and verbal communication, negotiation, facilitation and executive reporting skills.\nExperience delivering change across multiple countries, business units and operating environments.\nDesirable\nExperience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Great Plains, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle or comparable finance platforms.\nExperience of payroll or HR-to-Finance transformation, including payroll interfaces, parallel runs, compliance and operating model change.\nExperience of Finance Shared Services, global process ownership or finance process standardisation.\nProfessional project or programme management certification such as MSP, PRINCE2, PMP or APM.\nAccounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or equivalent finance experience.\nExperience 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This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career.\nIn return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients fist and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.\nRWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.\nRWS Values\nGet the 3Ps right - Partner, Pioneer, Progress - and we´ll Deliver together as RWS.\nRecruitment Agencies: RWS Holdings PLC does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees. 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