Head of Change Management Finance

2 days ago


Wilmslow, Cheshire East, United Kingdom Royal London Full time

Job Title: Head of Change Management Finance

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid 50% home/office based

We are seeking a highly experienced Head of Change Management Finance to join our team. As a key member of our finance leadership team, you will be responsible for delivering change to our accounting and actuarial systems to support the achievement of our Group strategy.

You will have overall responsibility for planning and leading the delivery of the whole change lifecycle for projects covering both business and technical driven change. This includes managing complex change initiatives, linking financial or actuarial system changes to upstream projects, and supporting finance in planning and shaping solutions.

About the Role

  • Manage complex change initiatives, spanning multiple lines of business and other projects.
  • Link financial or actuarial system changes to upstream projects.
  • Support finance in planning and shaping solutions.
  • Identify and assess potential risks and issues that may arise during change projects and develop mitigation strategies.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to define project objectives, deliverables, and success criteria.
  • Monitor and evaluate project progress, providing regular updates to key stakeholders and senior management.

About You

  • Experience working on projects covering changes to finance systems, with the ability to understand technical actuarial and financial jargon.
  • Experienced in release management and the ability to build plans around the six-monthly actuarial release plan.
  • Experience in data migration would be desirable to support multiple migration projects across the organisation.
  • Highly competent in using planning tools and experienced in implementing and operating financial control frameworks.
  • Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate and enhance performance within a cross-functional environment.
  • Life and Pensions experience is desirable but not essential.

About Royal London

We are the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

We offer a competitive salary of £80,000 - £100,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus a range of benefits including 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme, and private medical insurance.

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