Change Manager

Contract: Initial 3 Months (Outside IR35)
Location: North West (2 days per week on-site)

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Change Manager to support a critical finance systems transformation programme.

This is an important role that will be brought into the programme, helping to engage stakeholders, uncover challenges, and ensure the organisation is prepared for process and system improvements.

The successful candidate will play a key role in driving stakeholder engagement, business readiness, communications, and adoption across a finance function, working closely with Finance, Procurement, Programme Leadership, and system specialists.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the change management approach for the finance systems improvement programme.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across Finance, Procurement, and the wider organisation.
• Facilitate workshops, engagement sessions, and stakeholder interviews to identify concerns, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support the organisation in understanding and adopting new processes and ways of working.
• Develop and execute communication, engagement, and business readiness plans.
• Assess organisational impacts of proposed changes and create mitigation strategies where required.
• Identify potential resistance to change and implement appropriate engagement activities to secure buy-in.
• Ensure end users are prepared and supported throughout the transformation journey.
• Track and report on stakeholder engagement, readiness, and adoption activities.
• Work collaboratively with programme leadership to ensure change activity aligns with project milestones and delivery objectives.

Required Experience

• Proven experience delivering change management on finance transformation, ERP, or enterprise system implementation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and influence at all levels.
• Demonstrable experience supporting organisations through process and behavioural change.
• Experience conducting change impact assessments, readiness assessments, and stakeholder analysis.
• Ability to work in environments where processes are evolving and requirements are still being defined.
• Experience working closely with Business Analysts, Project Managers, and business stakeholders during discovery and design phases.
• Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience operating within complex organisations where stakeholder engagement is critical to programme success.

Highly Desirable

• Experience of finance systems transformation programmes.
• Public sector or higher education experience.
• Experience supporting Finance, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Purchase-to-Pay (P2P), or related business functions.