Finance Change Manager - Leeds

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Finance Change Manager to work for our client within the financial services sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with the potential to extend and become permanent. It will be a hybrid role based in Leeds.

Our client is looking for a skilled Finance Change Manager to support a large multi-year change portfolio across Treasury Finance. You will be responsible for leading and managing both large and small change initiatives within the Treasury department, acting as a voice of Finance, ensuring that their needs are met across a wide range of change programmes as well as conducting analysis to speed change and ensure solutions deliver value. 

Responsibilities

• Advocate and be a trusted advisor for Treasury Finance in relation to change impacting the Markets, Finance and Risk architecture 
• Represent Treasury Finance in a variety of forums and product backlog discussions, simplifying complexity and ambiguity into tangible actions 
• Lead finance projects including process improvements while applying change management methodologies and effectively managing resources
• Role model Agile behaviours within the team and Treasury Finance more widely 
• Collaborate to deliver optimum outcomes for Treasury Finance with a wide range of stakeholders, including multiple functions and levels of seniority, while appreciating the wider strategic priorities
• Maintain and enhance Treasury, Finance, Change, Systems and Industry knowledge through constant in role learning 
• Independently run ad-hoc analysis to support change initiatives for Treasury Finance, with support and guidance provided where required 
• Test for prototyped solutions to ensure needs of the business are met while maintaining a focus on generating value for the business

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Finance Change Manager or experience in Product /Financial Control is essential
• Strong understanding of IFRS accounting treatment of financial instruments under Amortised Cost, Fair Value through other comprehensive income & Fair Value through profit or loss classifications 
• Good understanding of the purpose and roles of different finance teams including Product Control, Financial Control, Ledger Control, Hedge accounting and Independent Price Verification 
• Knowledge of front to back Treasury execution, the interactions between different areas of Treasury and their support functions 
• Good understanding of business drivers for Treasury from a Capital, Funding and Risk Management perspective 
• Awareness of the regulatory regimes by which banks are governed and appropriate risk tolerances of regulated entities 
• Stakeholder engagement skills with ability to influence and advocate to obtain the right outcome for the company as a whole 
• Able to manage competing priorities
• Determined and committed to driving positive change as an individual and within a team 

Desirable

• Experience within Hedge accounting, Treasury Finance, Commercial Banking Finance, and/or Treasury and Finance change roles

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension

About FDM 

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 Employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index. 

Diversity and Inclusion  

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.