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Process Improvement Specialist (Finance Transformation)
Private Equity Backed | High Growth | UK (Hybrid)
The Opportunity
WTalent has partnered with a highly acquisitive, private equity-backed organisation entering a significant phase of transformation. Following substantial investment and rapid expansion, the business is focused on creating a scalable finance function capable of supporting continued growth, acquisitions and international operations.
This is an opportunity for an exceptional Process Improvement Specialist to drive end-to-end optimisation across the core finance operating model. Working alongside senior finance leadership and executive stakeholders, you'll redesign processes, improve controls, eliminate inefficiencies and deliver measurable operational improvements across Order-to-Cash (O2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Record-to-Report (R2R).
This role is ideally suited to someone currently within a Big 4 consulting or advisory practice looking to step into industry where they can own transformation rather than advise on it.
The Role
Reporting into the Finance Transformation Lead, you'll become a key driver of operational excellence across the global finance organisation.
You'll assess current processes, identify improvement opportunities, build future-state operating models and lead implementation programmes that deliver sustainable change.
Working closely with Finance, Operations, Technology and external partners, you'll ensure finance processes become efficient, scalable and capable of supporting a complex, PE-backed business.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead finance process improvement initiatives across O2C, P2P and R2R
- Map current-state processes and design future-state operating models
- Identify automation opportunities, control improvements and efficiency gains
- Simplify complex workflows while strengthening governance and compliance
- Partner with Finance, IT and business stakeholders to deliver transformation programmes
- Support ERP optimisation and finance systems enhancement projects
- Standardise finance processes across multiple business units and acquired entities
- Develop KPIs to measure process performance and continuous improvement
- Facilitate workshops with senior stakeholders to challenge existing ways of working
- Build process documentation, SOPs and governance frameworks
- Drive adoption of Lean, Six Sigma and continuous improvement methodologies
- Support post-acquisition integration from a finance process perspective
About You
We're looking for someone who combines strong analytical capability with outstanding stakeholder management skills.
You'll enjoy solving complex operational problems and have the credibility to influence senior finance leaders.
We're particularly interested in candidates who have:
- Big 4 consulting or advisory background (PwC, Deloitte, EY or KPMG)
- Experience delivering finance transformation or process improvement programmes
- Strong knowledge of O2C, P2P and R2R process design
- Experience working with large, complex organisations
- Exposure to ERP transformation programmes (SAP, Oracle, D365, Workday or similar)
- Process mapping experience using Visio, Signavio, ARIS or equivalent tools
- Strong understanding of finance controls and governance
- Excellent workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Degree qualified, with ACA, ACCA or CIMA advantageous
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Why Join?
This is a genuine opportunity to join a business at a defining stage of its journey.
You'll work directly with senior leadership, influence strategic transformation and see your recommendations implemented at pace.
The environment is fast-moving, commercially driven and highly collaborative, offering exceptional exposure to large-scale change initiatives that would normally take years to experience elsewhere.
Whether your ambition is to progress into Finance Transformation leadership, Operational Excellence, Programme Management or broader strategic finance roles, this position offers an outstanding platform for long-term career growth.
Package
- Competitive salary
- Annual performance bonus
- Private healthcare
- Pension contribution
- Hybrid working
- Strong learning and development programme
- Exposure to executive leadership and PE investors
- Excellent long-term career progression within a high-growth organisation
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WTalent partners with ambitious, high-growth businesses to identify exceptional finance and transformation professionals capable of driving meaningful change. We recruit individuals who combine technical excellence with commercial impact and leadership potential.
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