ROLE: Finance Transformation Lead
CONTRACT: 18-Month Fixed-Term Contract
LOCATION: Dublin
Barden have been selected to work exclusively with our client, a well-established business that is undertaking a major finance and systems transformation programme. They are seeking a Finance Lead – Transformation to act as the senior Finance owner of an ERP implementation (with a parallel CRM rollout).
Reporting into senior sponsors, you’ll be the primary Finance driver of the programme, bridging Finance, subject matter experts and external implementation partners.
What you’ll do:
- Lead the ERP implementation from a Finance perspective, owning design decisions across core modules (Record to Report, Order to Cash, GL, Procure to Pay, Commercial Pricing)
- Coordinate and challenge Finance subject matter leads, bringing cohesion and consistency across workstreams
- Act as the “finance conscience” of the programme, ensuring solutions support real-world finance operations
- Provide structured input into Steerco forums, flagging risks, issues and decisions. Work closely with established programme resources to ensure finance perpsectives are clearly articulated and understood at programme level.
- Drive Finance readiness across multiple regions and operations through to go-live and cutover
What you’ll bring:
- Qualified accountant (Big 4 or industry trained) or senior finance professional
- Proven experience on at least one ERP/CRM implementation in a finance-led role
- Strong understanding of how finance teams operate day to day
- A track record of bridging Finance, IT and external delivery partners
- Comfortable operating at both strategic and granular levels
This is an 18-month fixed-term contract offering the chance to shape a high-profile enterprise transformation from the Finance seat.