Change Lead - Finance Transformation




Location: London (2 days per week onsite)


Contract: 8 Months


Day Rate: £700 per day (Umbrella)


IR35: Inside IR35



We're supporting a leading national organisation on a major finance transformation programme and are seeking an experienced
Change Lead to drive business adoption, stakeholder engagement, and organisational readiness throughout the transformation.



This is an opportunity to play a key role in a high-profile programme that will modernise finance processes, systems, and ways of working across a complex organisation. Working closely with programme leadership, finance teams, and senior stakeholders, you'll ensure new capabilities are successfully embedded and deliver lasting business benefits.




Key Responsibilities

• Lead change management activities across a large-scale finance transformation programme.


• Develop and deliver change impact assessments, stakeholder engagement plans, communications strategies, and adoption activities.


• Drive business readiness and support the successful implementation of new finance processes and systems.


• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across finance and operational teams.


• Support leaders and employees through periods of change and transition.


• Identify, manage, and mitigate change-related risks, resistance, and people impacts.


• Apply structured change methodologies, including ADKAR, to drive successful outcomes.


• Provide hands-on change leadership, taking ownership of delivery and execution throughout the programme lifecycle.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience as a Change Lead, Business Change Manager, or similar change management professional.


• Strong experience delivering finance transformation, ERP, or business change programmes.


• Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing, and communication skills.


• Solid understanding of core finance processes, operating models, and finance transformation.


• Experience working with ERP and finance systems.


• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.


• Experience applying ADKAR or similar change management frameworks.


• A pragmatic, hands-on approach with the ability to drive delivery and get things done.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within non-profit, charitable, membership, public sector, regulated, or purpose-led organisations.


• Previous involvement in large-scale ERP implementations or transformation programmes.


• Experience navigating complex stakeholder environments.


• Relevant change management certifications.

Why Apply?



This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the people side of a significant finance transformation programme, influencing senior stakeholders and ensuring new ways of working are successfully adopted across the organisation. You'll join a high-impact programme where your change leadership expertise will play a critical role in delivering sustainable business outcomes.



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