Finance Transformation and Process Lead

Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a finance transformation professional with significant experience of designing and improving end-to-end finance processes to join us as our Finance Transformation and Process Lead. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in transforming our finance processes and ways of working as part of the implementation of our new Finance Management System, Oracle Fusion.

This is a contract opportunity for approx 18 months to start as soon as possible. 

About us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

About the role

As Finance Transformation and Process Lead, you will play a key role in the implementation and embedding of our new Finance Management System, Oracle Fusion. Working across Finance, Technology and the wider organisation, you will translate global system designs into effective local finance processes, controls and ways of working, ensuring the new system delivers lasting improvements while maintaining strong financial control and governance.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the design of future-state finance processes, translating global Oracle Fusion designs into practical, efficient and user-focused processes, operating procedures and controls for Save the Children UK.
• Lead finance transformation workstreams within the Finance Management System programme, managing priorities and deliverables to ensure key milestones are achieved and maintaining momentum throughout the transformation.
• Embed robust financial controls, governance and risk management into future processes, ensuring designs meet relevant accounting, charity, data protection, information security and internal financial requirements.
• Build strong partnerships across Finance, Technology and the wider organisation, facilitating workshops to understand requirements, challenge existing ways of working, validate future-state designs and build commitment to change.
• Support successful change and adoption, developing clear process documentation, guidance and training materials and working with change and training colleagues to embed new processes into business-as-usual operations.
• Drive continuous improvement, using data and process measures to identify opportunities for simplification, standardisation, automation and optimisation as new finance processes and ways of working become established.

About you

To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Significant experience of finance transformation and end-to-end process design within a complex organisation, including developing future-state process maps, operating procedures, control matrices and requirements documentation.
• Strong experience of facilitating process design and requirements workshops, translating complex business needs into practical finance process, control and system solutions.
• A strong understanding of finance operations, financial controls and governance, with experience of embedding appropriate risk and control frameworks into finance processes.
• Experience of delivering within complex transformation or systems programmes, managing multiple priorities and working effectively with senior stakeholders, technology teams, vendors and implementation partners.
• Strong business analysis, process mapping and problem-solving skills, with an understanding of how technology, automation and data can improve modern finance services. Experience of implementing Oracle Fusion would be advantageous.
• A recognised accountancy qualification or substantial relevant finance experience, combined with excellent communication and influencing skills and the ability to explain complex finance, process and system issues clearly to different audiences.
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.

What we offer you 

We promote flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, and wellbeing both at work and beyond, and offer a wide range of benefits designed to reward your hard work and inspire you to help improve the lives of children every day. 

Some of the benefits you can expect include: 

• Generous Annual Leave – Starting at 27 days per year (pro rata for part-time employees) increasing with service up to 32 days, plus public holidays and our annual 'Save the Children Day'. 
• Family Leave – Up to 39 weeks of maternity/adoption pay (including up to 21 weeks full pay) and paternity/adoption leave of 10 weeks full pay (plus statutory entitlement).  
• Special Leave – Up to 10 days paid leave per year (pro rata) for urgent or exceptional personal circumstances, without using annual leave.  
• Volunteer Leave – Up to 3 days paid leave per year to support volunteering and give back. 
• Pension & Life Assurance – Helping you plan for the future with up to 7% employer pension contributions. 
• Employee Discounts – Access thousands of deals across groceries, retail, tech, travel, fitness, and more.  
• Health & Wellbeing Support – Including access to a 24/7 Virtual GP and Employee Assistance Programme and Counselling, eye care support, and seasonal flu vaccinations. 

Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Location & Ways of Working:

The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but at times you will be required to come to your contracted office (usually between 2–4 days per month, depending on the needs of your role, team, or service). For many roles, this is likely to be the minimum required to deliver impact.

This will be discussed and agreed with your manager / team and we encourage candidates to discuss our ways of working in more detail at interview stage.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce, and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where structural inequality is actively addressed, and all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can thrive. 

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and are especially interested in hearing from people with diverse and intersecting identities such as lived experience of poverty, people of faith, people of colour, people with disabilities, with experience of migration and/or refugee status, care-experienced people, the LGBTQIA+ community and individuals with experience living in diverse families.  

We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. We know that different voices working together will enable us to do our work better, improving the lives of children around the world. 

Pre-employment Checks:

Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• A satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)
• Receipt of satisfactory references - As a committed member of the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, as part of our onboarding process, Save the Children UK will undertake a minimum of 2 references, and any additional references required to collectively cover the last 5 years of your employment history.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

Closing date: 11th October 2026