Job Description
GBS transition Lead
Full Time - Hybrid
London with 50% travel to Derby, Krakow and Indianapolis
This is Fixed Term Contract until 31/12/26
Why Rolls-Royce?
Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.
We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.
We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.
What we offer
We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.
What you will be doing
Ensure that business case assumptions are validated during scope analysis and solution design phase
Drive Solution design phase by coordinating all the relevant parties, and ensure that design meets business case and that roles are in line with the GBS competency and role framework
Ensure that the proposed design is congruent with the strategic design for Finance and that, as such, is future proof
Support in recruitment (interviews and JD validation) as required
Fast track issue resolutions and risk mitigations. Escalate and inform appropriately
Participate and contribute to stage gate reviews
Liaise with GPO and Internal control as required for process harmonisation and control enhancements
Support on site and F2F KT, and provide assurance that Knowledge material produced is of suitable quality and adequately accessible
Identify opportunities for standardisation, elimination, simplification, and automation. Report them internally
Build trusting and collaborative relationship with the finance stakeholders and act as first point of escalation for transition issues and risks
Who we’re looking for:
At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
Qualified accountant ACCA CIMA or ACA or international equivalent
Prepared to travel 50% of the time
Previous finance transition experience across all finance services lines e.g. O2C, R2R, P2P
Global GBS experience
Proven stakeholder management skills
Organisation design experience
Ideally project management with transition experience
Clear communication tailored to the audience and circumstances
Attention to detail
Ability to see the bigger picture
Ability to risk assess and recommend solution
We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce
To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.
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