Finance Systems Delivery Lead

Job Description

Overview

The Finance Systems Delivery Manager is accountable for delivering Finance Systems change, continuous improvement, technical upgrades, vulnerability management and transformation initiatives on time, within budget and aligned to business outcomes. The role partners with the Finance COE to manage overall Finance Systems IT roadmap and release plan, coordinating the end-to-end execution of initiatives from planning through to production release and BAU transition.

Your role

As a Finance Systems Delivery Lead, you will:

• Partner with IT Project Managers, IT resources and business stakeholders to deliver Finance Systems change initiatives across EBS, JDE, Fusion and other finance applications.
• Work with IT and Finance to maintain an integrated three-year platform plan covering strategic projects, continuous improvement, BAU enhancements, vulnerability management and upgrades.
• Own the OneERP production release schedule, aligning upgrades and releases with project timelines and business expectations.
• Oversee IT delivery resource planning, forecasting flexible resourcing needs to ensure the right capacity and capability are in place.
• Manage portfolio risks, issues and dependencies, removing constraints and sustaining delivery momentum.
• Align IT and business stakeholders on priorities, scope, value and key decisions required for successful delivery.
• Ensure delivery complies with IT PMO governance, standards and agreed methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall.
• Manage change control and scope governance to protect delivery outcomes and maintain business alignment.
• Manage system integrators, delivery partners and vendors to ensure performance meets contractual expectations.
• Coordinate IT resources to support data migration, system integration testing, user acceptance testing and go-live readiness.
• Lead service transition, ensuring timely knowledge transfer, training and documentation to support smooth BAU handover.
• Establish support models and documentation to enable sustainable BAU ownership.
• Drive hypercare and early-life support governance to stabilise solutions and manage post-go-live issues.
• Lead continuous improvement and lessons learned sessions to embed best practice and improve future delivery outcomes.

About you

Essential Experience & Skill

• Proven experience delivering Oracle projects (EBS and/or Fusion).
• Strong programme/project and release management expertise.
• Experience in leading acquisition integrations in line with global platform designs.
• Experience managing platform portfolio roadmaps and release plans.
• Experience in working with multidisciplinary delivery teams including offshore SI partner resources.
• Proactive leadership style with a positive, solution-focused attitude.
• Strong stakeholder engagement at executive level.
• Established Oracle network connections both within Oracle and the wider partner ecosystem.
• Willingness to travel occasionally, including international.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type

Job Type

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.