Finastra
Senior Project Manager
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Senior Project Manager – Finance Divestitures
12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Are you a qualified accountant with a proven track record of delivering complex projects and driving business change?
We're looking for a Senior Project Manager – Finance Divestitures to join our Divestiture Finance team. In this role, you'll lead finance workstreams supporting business carve-outs, divestitures, and Transitional Service Agreements (TSAs), working with stakeholders across Finance, IT, HR, shared services, and external partners to deliver successful outcomes.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who combines strong financial expertise with hands-on project delivery experience and enjoys solving complex business challenges in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead finance workstreams supporting divestitures and carve-out transactions
- Own project plans, governance, risks, actions, and delivery milestones
- Coordinate stakeholders across Finance, IT, HR, shared service teams, and third-party partners
- Oversee finance transition activities including billing, collections, accounts payable, and general accounting processes
- Run stakeholder meetings and governance forums, driving actions through to completion
- Ensure finance deliverables remain aligned to TSA commitments and project timelines
- Provide oversight of finance processes impacted by transition programmes
- Manage risks, issues, and dependencies across multiple workstreams
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What We're Looking For
Essential
- Strong finance and accounting background
- ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified preferred
- Solid understanding of finance processes and financial statements
- Proven experience delivering projects from initiation through completion
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and effectively in ambiguous, evolving environments
- Strong organisational and delivery capabilities
Highly Desirable
- Experience supporting divestitures, carve-outs, integrations, or M&A transactions
- Transitional Service Agreement (TSA) experience
- Finance transformation or shared services experience
- Experience working with offshore teams
- Exposure to finance operations including billing, collections, and accounting processes
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Ideal Backgrounds
- Big 4 or Top 10 accounting firms (PwC, EY, Deloitte, KPMG, BDO, RSM, etc.)
- Transaction Services, Deals Advisory, or Finance Transformation teams
- Industry finance professionals involved in transformation, separation, or integration programmes
- Shared services and operational finance environments
What Success Looks Like
You'll be a proactive and commercially minded finance professional who can bring structure to complexity, confidently manage stakeholders, and drive projects to successful completion. You'll thrive in a fast-moving environment and enjoy taking ownership of challenging and high-impact initiatives.
Why Join?
- Work on complex and high-profile divestiture projects
- Partner with senior stakeholders across Finance and Operations
- Gain exposure to carve-outs, TSAs, and large-scale finance transitions
- Join a collaborative and experienced team
- Make a tangible impact on strategic business initiatives
Please note: This role requires attendance at our London office two days per week, and applicants should be within a reasonable commuting distance.
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