Senior Finance Change Manager **Internal only**

We are a market leading ambient and chilled food & drink 3PL specialist, providing warehouse and distribution alongside fresh, food manufacturing, co-packing and bonded divisions. Working in partnership with some of the biggest household names in the food and drink sector.

With over 20 million square feet of warehousing spread across 100+ depots, we employ in excess of 22,000 people to ensure that our 2.2 million deliveries reach the correct location. Our extensive network enables us to provide a comprehensive supply chain management service covering the whole of the UK and Ireland.

• End-to-end process ownership - Championing the adherence to the Finance Operating Model design principles which underpin end-to-end process ownership of Finance processes.
• Financial Process Improvement Framework - Coordinate and deliver the operation of the process improvement framework which ensures the continual review and optimisation of all finance processes, including the robust updated documentation of these processes.
• Requirement tracking - Responsible for the documentation and presentation of Finance and Business stakeholders detailed requirements which will enable the specification of Finance related people, process and technology changes, within Finance. 
• Change Management - Champion and coordinate the assessment methodology which validates the need for requested changes, the impact on the end-to-end process(es), and the effort required to deliver, always ensuring a balance between efficiency, control and generation of value to the business. 
• Co-ordination and prioritisation - Responsible for the documentation and presentation of the 'change agenda' and updating of its constituent prioritisation of projects/initiatives, supported with short to medium term scheduling and resource planning, through your engagement with the Finance Leadership.
• Case for change - Responsible for the research and documentation of specific cases for change within the prescribed Culina Group Business case template, with any 'back-fill' resource requirements calculated.
• Governance - Management of the 'Finance Design Authority' and other Finance Development owned meetings, along with supporting mechanisms, including change log, change policies and guidelines, whilst also managing the alignment with Culina Group Change governance.
• Project Management - Support the effective delivery of projects within Finance, including resourcing, budget, cost reporting and benefits tracking, whilst also responsible for the full engagement of the Finance team with appropriate change management, readiness and adoption measures.
• Service Delivery - Coordinate and deliver the process of defining and maintaining Service Level Agreements, with engagement with Finance Process Leads, for processes which have 'customers' internal and external to Finance.
• Performance Tracking - Responsible for the tools and methodology with which to monitor the performance of processes, as well as issue and resolution tracking, so as to engage the Finance Leadership on Finance's performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Communication and engagement - Deliver and develop an on-going programme which ensures a culture of continuous improvement within Finance, underpinned by a coherent stakeholder engagement plan you manage.
• Training & Development - Manage the support required from within Finance to enhance Finance and Business skills via agreed and documented change plans across the whole of Finance.
• Systems - Coordinate and deliver the process for ensuring Finance system users are assisted with the resolution of issues in-line with SLAs with Group IT.

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) essential
• 5 - 6 years leading Finance teams
• Effective team management required
• Comfortable using suitable tools to analyse and interpret data from a range of systems
• Substantial knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools.
• Experience in managing or leading SAP S/4HANA implementation projects within a financial environment.
• Experience from within large-scale organisational, process or technology change.

As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days holiday plus the bank holidays.
• Company Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
• Private Medical Cover – This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa
• Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirements so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer
• Car Allowance -
• Life Assurance -  4x your annual salary
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!