Finance Project Manager

RWS is seeking an experienced Finance Project Manager who will be responsible for leading complex global finance transformation projects across RWS. This role will manage the delivery of major finance systems initiatives including ERP implementations, finance system migrations, and finance process transformation.

• ERP implementations (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite)
• Finance system migrations and integrations
• Shared service centre transformation
• Finance process standardisation
• Global financial reporting and control improvements
• Data migration and financial systems consolidation

The role requires close collaboration with Finance leadership, IT, and business stakeholders to ensure projects deliver improved financial governance, operational efficiency and reporting capability.

About Group Finance

In joining RWS’s Finance team you will be a critical part of supporting a listed world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. RWS has growing revenues of over £750m through a combination of value accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Group finance, led by our Group CFO; Stephen Lamb, includes diverse teams across the globe operating in functions including business partnering, operational finance, specialist, and group functions. We cover a footprint of over 100 legal entities in 43 different countries worldwide.  

It’s a very exciting time to join RWS Finance for an individual who enjoys change and making an impact! As part of the overall RWS business strategy we are making a significant investment in upgrading our financial systems and processes to deliver enhanced reporting and control, more efficient processing enabling great value through enhanced business partnering and decision support. 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of finance transformation projects, from initiation through to implementation and hypercare
• Manage the full project lifecycle including requirements, design, build, testing, deployment and transition into BAU support
• Engage with senior stakeholders across Finance, IT and Operations to ensure alignment on project objectives
• Maintain project documentation including project plans, RAID logs, status reporting, and governance artefacts
• Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies
• Communicate project progress, risks and key decisions to leadership
• Build strong cross-functional relationships across global teams
• Coordinate internal teams, external vendors and system integrators
• Ensure delivery against agreed scope, quality standards and deadlines

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering finance transformation or ERP implementation projects
• Strong understanding of finance processes including general ledger, financial close, reporting, billing and revenue recognition
• Experience managing global or multi-entity finance projects
• Demonstrated experience managing ERP implementations or migrations (e.g. Dynamics, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle)
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across Finance, IT and Operations
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior leadership
• Experience working within structured project governance frameworks
• Experience with different finance systems

Desirable

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Great Plains or NetSuite implementations
• Professional certification such as PRINCE2, PMP or APM
• Accounting qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or equivalent experience

Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. 

In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients fist and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics. 

RWS Values 

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as RWS.

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