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Your new company
Our client is a leading manufacturer based in Burnley, recently acquired by a prominent group. This exciting transition brings new opportunities for growth and integration, requiring strong financial leadership to ensure smooth alignment with group standards and reporting requirements. The business operates in a fast-paced environment, supplying high-quality products to global markets.
As an Interim Finance Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial transformation and process optimisation during this critical period of change. Your primary focus will be on ensuring robust financial controls, supporting SAP implementation, and aligning local processes with group standards.

Your new role

• Lead ERP Migration: Oversee the transition from SAGE100 to SAP S/4HANA, ensuring smooth migration and minimal disruption to business operations.
• Process Assessment & Design: Quickly assess current finance and controlling processes, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Review and Set Up Improved Controlling Processes: Implement enhanced structures for project segment controlling, overhead management, gross margin/result controlling, and segment controlling.
• Work on Concrete Use Cases: Drive initiatives such as project controlling to establish plan/actual comparisons and propose corrective measures.
• Collaborate with Leadership: Work closely with the Controlling Manager and CFO to design scalable structures, including task separation and interface management, to support an increased workforce.
• Define SAP Logic: Support the definition of cost centre, profit centre, and allocation logic within SAP to ensure accurate reporting and compliance.
• Process Mapping & Documentation: Define, visualise, and map finance processes to align with business needs and group standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a key liaison between local process owners and the SAP/IT project team, facilitating workshops and discussions.
• Project Management: Provide oversight for local activities, ensuring milestones are met within agreed timelines and risks are mitigated.
• Data Migration & Validation: Support planning, testing, and validation of financial data migration.
• Change Management & Training: Ensure end-user training and change management plans are implemented effectively.
• Reporting & Communication: Deliver regular status updates to senior stakeholders and escalate issues proactively.

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven experience in finance transformation and ERP implementation projects (SAP S/4HANA preferred).
• Strong knowledge of finance and controlling processes, including cost centre/profit centre structures.
• Solid project management skills with experience in ERP migration. Ability to design and implement improved controlling frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills to engage with technical teams and business stakeholders. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience in change management and training is advantageous.

What you'll get in return

• Initial on-site presence is required for the first month, followed by a hybrid working model.
• Opportunity to work on a high-impact project during a major business transformation.
• Competitive salary of £70-90k depending on experience.

What you need to do now
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