Change Management And Communications Lead – Finance Transformation

2 months ago

Bury, Borough of Bury, United Kingdom JD GROUP Full time
The Finance function has launched a Finance Transformation programme. The programme has recently commenced with a Discovery phase to aid the scoping and forward planning required to launch a full-scale transformation programme. At the same time there are 3 high priority projects that are commencing simultaneously with the Discovery work.

The requirement is to have a change and communications leader who is responsible for supporting the early priority deployments as well as leading on Change and Communications for the broader programme within Finance and across the business as the scope of the programme dictates

· Job Title – Change Management and Communications Lead

· Location – BL9 8RR

· Working rota – Monday-Friday

· Working hours – 40

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Change Management and Communications Lead , you'll be doing the following:

Identify requirements and deliver the Change Training and Communications approach tailored to the Transformation programme Lead and manage the Communications across the programme drawing in the relevant speakers as necessary to deliver the relevant messages incl. keeping the business informed through status briefings such as Townhalls / All hands calls etc Lead and manage Finance relevant communication beyond the Finance function drawing attention to the opportunities to improve and ways to do so as relevant. Lead and manage the trainers and the training agenda in support of the programme scope that is aligned to the overall Finance strategy and People agenda. This may include engaging delivery partners. Deliver a community of users within and outside of Finance prepared for go-live across the scope of the programme What We're Looking For:

Excellent communication and engagement skills across the business incl. at C-level An expert in change management including stakeholder management with a record of delivering enduring change in Finance. The skill and understanding to be able to translate project plans and objectives into relevant, actionable change oriented scope, plans and deliverables The skill to challenge and validate scope identified by the Finance leads and their teams to ensure it is comprehensive The skill to identify metrics that serve to demonstrate delivery and anchoring of change Excellent influencing and communication skills to work with, direct and influence GPO's and their teams, project managers and work stream leads within the programme The Company:

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

Incremental Holiday Allowance Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme Discounted Gym membership Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications Interested?

If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.

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