Finance Project Lead | Fintech | 6 month contract

The Company

The home of some of our world's most innovate technologies covering the financial services and digital currency industries, our client is one of the leading specialists standing well above their competition locally and shaping up well with international competitors. Premium quality technology and services are what this business pride themselves on, and they do it well. As part of a larger growth strategy our client is constantly looking to improve organisational efficiencies and improve back office capability.

Recently we have embarked on an extremely positive transformation program that will not only improve overall organisational productivity and profitability but will also allow the back-office functions to add a lot more value through their positions. Our aim is to create an environment of continual development and job satisfaction for our employees, whilst striving towards commercial outcomes for the business.

The Role

This is an environment which has a high growth strategy and will need to corporatize the back office functions accordingly. Operating in a high growth business environment the Finance Project Lead will maintain full responsibility of the planning & analysis, project management and delivery of all finance related projects surrounding people, process and technology. Reporting directly to the CFO and working alongside a strong finance team the Finance Project Lead will undertake the following activities:

• Process mapping and associated documentation of current processes in order to identify control and efficiency gaps and seek improvements across foundation finance processes such as AR, AP and reporting/compliance
• Hands on project management from business analysis and requirement gathering through to delivery, change management, testing and training of new initiatives
• Business case development for small to medium capital spend projects including ERP, Business Intelligence and other business and compliance related projects
• Providing recommendations to the senior leadership team on future initiatives and opportunities of improvement within the business function
• Managing vendors and external parties in delivery and rollout of internal projects
• Partnering with operational teams in building a strategic roadmap for a future state corporate function

This is a role which will allow an individual to put their project and business partnering skills to the test in a positive and dynamic environment. This opportunity will see a well-rounded accountant and business partner develop their project skillset and has a strong ability to turn into a longer term, permanent opportunity.

Your Profile

You will be a qualified finance professional with a strong background in business improvement projects and implementations. You must be able to demonstrate the highest levels of communication to non-technical stakeholder and be able to present written and visual communications to senior leadership.

You will have experience working within a vibrant, fast-paced environment and be a strong communicator who can present to senior executives. You will be comfortable liaising with business stakeholders and external consultancies at various levels and understand what their requirements are and how IT will enable strategic and commercial outcomes.

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