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Transformation Programme Lead | Finance, ERP and M&A Separation

Cork, Irland
Deutschland +7
info: Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Großbritannien, Belgien, Irland, Luxemburg, Niederlande
Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), Chartered Accountants Ireland
Cork, Irland
Deutschland +7
info: Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Großbritannien, Belgien, Irland, Luxemburg, Niederlande
Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), Chartered Accountants Ireland

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Über mich

Chartered Accountant (FCA) and programme leader for finance-led transformation: ERP (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle, Workday), multi-country payroll, M&A separation, PMO build and regulatory change. Cork, Ireland. Clients across Ireland, the UK and Europe, remote-first with onsite as needed, in English.

Skills

FinanzwesenProjektmanagementMicrosoft ProjectProdukt Management
ERP and Finance Systems
Extensive expertise in SAP S/4HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Cloud (Fusion), Workday Financials and Payroll, and SAP Activate. Deep understanding of data readiness, integration dependencies, and system configuration in large-scale ERP transformation programmes.

Programme Mobilisation and Governance
Proven capability in setting up governance forums and operating rhythms from a standing start, including integrated plans, milestone registers, critical path management, RAIDD logs, decision logs, and change control frameworks across complex multi-workstream programmes.

Payroll Separation and Carve-Out
Hands-on experience leading multi-country payroll separations with wave-based go-lives, go/no-go gates per country, parallel runs, cutover and hypercare, and post-separation operating model and controls design.

Finance Process and Operating Model Design
Design of R2R, O2C and P2P processes, finance shared services structures, six-layer Target Operating Models, and SOX payroll controls frameworks including gross-to-net and payroll-to-GL reconciliations.

Integrator and Vendor Control
Negotiation of Statements of Work, structuring payment milestones tied to quality gates, BPO and vendor performance governance, and escalation management backed by documented evidence trails.

Executive Reporting
Preparation of weekly CFO and CHRO reporting, Steering Committee papers presenting decisions, options and recommendations, and programme RAG status tied to milestone achievability.

Change Delivery in Financial Services
Delivery of regulatory and transformation programmes across fund management, life insurance, banking, capital markets, and payments FinTech environments, including FRTB, BCBS 239, MiFID II, and CASS client money reporting.

Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification applied to process mapping, workflow automation, and procurement cycle time reduction in regulated environments.

PRINCE2 Project Management
PRINCE2 Foundation certified with practical application across structured programme delivery, milestone management, and governance in complex transformation environments.

Erfahrung

Berufserfahrungmehr als 10 Jahre
Freelancer seit2013

Sprachen

EnglishMuttersprache

Projekthistorie

Programme Director, Finance Transformation (SAP S/4HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud)

Mediolanum International Funds Limited (via Parva Consulting)
Mobilised and ran a CFO-sponsored finance transformation covering enhancements to the live SAP S/4HANA finance estate and a new SAP Analytics Cloud planning and reporting layer across ten workstreams. Built governance from nothing within three weeks of kick-off, renegotiated the integrator Statement of Work, owned the integrated plan and 27-milestone register, and settled the scope of a data readiness workstream for the group's Irish life insurer.

Regional Implementation Lead, Payroll Transformation, EU and ANZ

Unilever / Magnum (via RGP)
Joined mid-flight as regional lead for 24 countries across the EU and ANZ for the Magnum Ice Cream carve-out payroll transformation. Managed regional plan, RAID, cross-country dependencies and vendor governance from SIT and UAT through parallel runs, cutover and hypercare. Owned the payroll-to-finance integration workstream and co-delivered GL file training across 20 countries.

Senior Project Manager, International Payroll

Google (via RGP)
Ran the weekly performance, backlog and escalation cadence with the BPO partner across 57 countries and 80,000+ employees, using dashboards in Looker Studio. Worked on the India self-service content pilot and AI Assist initiative. Improved Tier 1 resolution, turnaround and CSAT in India.

Senior Manager / Associate Director, Finance Transformation

KPMG Ireland
Led the Finance Shared Services workstream on the HSE national SAP S/4HANA finance programme covering 50+ hospitals and 4.9bn annual procurement spend. Designed the six-layer Target Operating Model and wrote the Solution Design Document across five service towers. Turned a sceptical client team into active design owners through a listen-first workshop model.

Co-Founder and CEO

Banba
Continued co-founding and leading the hospitality ordering and payments FinTech SaaS start-up.

Business Analyst / Process Mapping Lead, Oracle Cloud ERP

Abcam plc
Led finance and procurement process mapping for an Oracle Cloud (Fusion) implementation in a GMP-regulated life sciences environment, documented to withstand regulatory audit. Workflow automation contributed to approximately 15% reduction in procurement cycle times.

Co-Founder and CEO

Banba
Co-founded and grew a hospitality ordering and payments FinTech SaaS platform to 60+ live clients. Secured Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Fund, established a payments partnership with BOIPA, and directed an offshore development team as product owner.

Change Delivery Role

NatWest Markets
Delivered FRTB and BCBS 239 completeness controls framework tracing trades from front-office capture to the general ledger, with an offshore development team managed as product owner.

Change Delivery Role

WorldFirst
Finance transformation in a high-growth payments FinTech, including a Workday Financials implementation, MiFID II gap analysis and CASS client money reporting.

Foundational Roles in Fund Accounting and Regulatory Change

State Street (London and Dublin), BNY Mellon Ireland, Citibank, JPMorgan, Mondrian Investment Partners
Foundational roles in fund accounting and regulatory change across UK and Irish regulated financial services institutions.

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