Principal Finance Transformation Consultant

Principal Finance Transformation Consultant – Version 1

Location: East Midlands on client site 2 days per week (expenses covered). UK & Ireland's premier Oracle, Microsoft & AWS partner; market leader in Oracle ERP and Cloud Applications. This is a hybrid role with potential for flexible arrangements.

• 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.

• Proven experience leading finance teams within industry, with expertise in 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.

• 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.

Must be immediately available or on a very short notice period. Temporary on-site requirement: 2 days/week at client site in the East Midlands; expenses covered.

Why Version 1?

• Strong career progression and mentorship through our strengths-based development and leadership schemes with quarterly Pathways reviews.
• Generous training budget for accreditations and educational assistance.
• Annual Excellence Awards and recognition platform.
• Flexible remote/hybrid working options; pension, private healthcare, and life assurance.
• Active ESG & CSR initiatives and a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Quarterly profit share and recognition for performance.

Legal and compliance: You must have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom or Ireland. This is hybrid-based with occasional travel to the nearest base office.

Contact: Ashley Billington, Head of Talent Acquisition – Enterprise Applications (Oracle Cloud - ERP, HCM, EPM Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer. See Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging statements on Version 1 Careers.

Note: We have an internal recruitment team and do not accept agency candidates. Please join us directly if you want to be part of Version 1.