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Director Strategic Initiatives & Innovation (18 month contract) | Great West

Description: Temporary Full Time

We are seeking an experienced and high-performing finance professional to join the SAP S/4HANA Finance Transformation Program in a key role supporting the AVP, Corporate Finance Transformation (AVP). These workstreams include Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, Code Block / Chart of Accounts, and Reporting.

The successful candidate will work closely with finance leaders, regional representatives, subject matter experts and implementation partners to help design, validate and implement future-state finance processes across the organization.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the future finance foundation of Great West, working on a transformation that will shape how Finance operates for years to come. This includes the opportunity to help define future finance organization processes, balancing leading practices, business requirements and long-term strategic objectives.

What you will do

Process Design & Transformation

- Lead the end-to-end design and implementation of future-state processes across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, Code Block / Chart of Accounts, and Reporting.
- Drive selected process design topics from issue identification through analysis, stakeholder alignment, recommendation and decision, working on behalf of the AVP where appropriate.
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to evaluate current-state challenges and identify opportunities for simplification, standardization and automation.




- Research and evaluate SAP S/4HANA leading practices and support recommendations aligned with Clean Core principles.
- Direct fit-to-standard workshops, design reviews, and the evaluation of process design decisions and options.
- Partner with the System Integrator and challenge recommendations where appropriate to ensure business requirements are met.

Stakeholder Management & Leadership

- Act as a trusted advisor and delegate to the AVP across multiple workstreams.
- Coordinate and collaborate with finance leaders, regional representatives and subject matter experts across multiple geographies.
- Build alignment among stakeholders with varying perspectives and priorities.
- Prepare materials and recommendations for governance and decision-making forums.
- Synthesize complex issues, design options and trade-offs into transparent, decision-oriented recommendations for senior stakeholders and governance forums.

Solution Evaluation & Decision Support

- Assess accounting, reporting, control and operational implications of the proposed design decisions.
- Challenge assumptions and recommendations where appropriate to ensure solutions meet business requirements and long-term strategic objectives.
- Work across process, reporting, data,



controls and technology teams to identify dependencies and support integrated decision-making.
- Identify and manage cross-process dependencies, ensuring design decisions are considered end-to-end across Finance processes and related reporting, data, controls and technology.

Program Delivery

- Oversee testing, validation and business readiness activities.
- Review design outputs and test results to identify issues, gaps and improvement opportunities.
- Drive issue resolution and drive actions through to closure.
- Champion change management, stakeholder engagement and adoption activities.

What you will bring

- Strong accounting and finance background with demonstrated experience in financial reporting, controllership, finance operations or finance transformation.
- Sound understanding of IFRS financial reporting, accounting policies and financial controls.
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to connect information across multiple process areas and understand broader business impacts.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively and influence outcomes without direct authority.
- Curious, self-motivated and willing to learn new technologies and ways of working
- Proven ability to navigate a fast-paced environment, lead in ambiguity, and effectively manage competing priorities within complex initiatives.
- Experience supporting finance transformation, SAP, ERP implementation or large-scale business change initiatives is beneficial but not required. As well as experience participating in process design, requirement definition, test

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