Finance Transformation Lead

Finance Transformation Lead – Operations

• Location: London (Hybrid)
• Contract: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
• Salary: £110,000 - £120,000 per annum plus discretionary bonus

Reed Finance are partnering with a leading international private-equity backed organisation on the recruitment of an experienced Finance Transformation Lead to play a pivotal role within a high-profile transformation programme. This is a commercially focused finance position, combining financial governance, investment appraisal, budgeting, forecasting, and executive-level reporting in a fast-paced change environment.

This opportunity will required an experienced senior finance professional who can demonstrate they have led a transformation programme of work and have demonstrated experience providing strategic finance advice to C-Suite stakeholders within a fast-paced private-equity backed organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and challenge investment cases, ensuring robust financial assumptions and clear business benefits.
• Provide financial oversight across multiple transformation workstreams, tracking spend against budget and identifying risks and opportunities.
• Produce monthly financial reporting and management information for senior stakeholders.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities for the transformation programme.
• Develop financial models to support strategic decision-making, resource planning, and investment prioritisation.
• Ensure strong financial controls, governance, and compliance with internal policies.
• Partner with programme leaders, finance teams, and senior stakeholders to support delivery of transformation objectives.

About You

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience.
• Proven experience supporting large-scale transformation, change, or programme environments.
• Exposure to contractor workforce management and procurement governance.
• Ideally experience working within a private-equity backed business within a transformation or operational finance role
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, and business case evaluation skills.
• Experience producing board-level or executive financial reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge at senior levels.
• Comfortable working in a complex, fast-moving, and evolving environment.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to play a key role in a major business transformation programme.
• Exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
• Collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Hybrid working and excellent career development opportunities.

If you're an experienced finance professional with a strong transformation and operational finance background, we'd love to hear from you.