The Senior Manager - Finance Change will lead and manage a team dedicated to ensuring implementation and delivery of best practice in change & project management, together with the provision of meaningful and insightful analysis and commentary for key decision making by the Finance Senior Leadership Team.

This role will lead the Finance Change Team, managing change & project delivery within Finance, lead discussion on prioritisation and anticipate & plan for significant changes within a five year horizon. The role will be responsible for mobilising all approved & mandatory projects, coordinate delivery with implementation partners and monitor projects statuses.

This role will also include reporting into the Head of Finance Business Partnering and working closely with Projects Business Owners providing inputs for budget, resourcing plan, project timeline, IT support requirement and governance.
Your Team:
Leading and managing one project manager and one business analyst delivering a pro-active, professional and high performing service.

Your Responsibilities:
Functional Strategy & Delivery

• As a senior member of the Finance Business Partnering team, this role will play a key role in driving the future shape and contribution of Finance, influencing at all levels and actively contributing to the management, development and delivery of the overall Finance functional strategy.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by keeping abreast of external factors influencing the functions strategy; attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Manage the Group Finance project stack based on Senior Leadership Team approved prioritisation and ensuring alignment to the Bank's Strategic Planning Process.
• Produce business cases and ensure alignment with the Bank's governance process - proposal, design & discovery, sizing scheduling and third party due diligence & risk review.
• Collaborate with IT, Risk, Procurement and Legal teams and work with Finance SMEs to ensure that the most optimal approach & risk assured solution become fundamental on all project plans.
• Emphasise cost discipline in all projects through close partnership with Procurement and Finance Business Partnering teams. Ensure all cost areas are identified (IT Infrastructure, Application, Third Party Costs, Resources, Post Implementation Support) and are monitored against the budget.

Risk Management & Control

• Maintain Finance and Treasury Systems continuous Risk Assessments with IT Risk providing updates on system changes, access management and third party risks. Ensure that Finance Non-Business Risk and Controls Risk Assessments are up to date.
• Supporting organisation wide procedures for governance, risk and control that manage, mitigate and minimise risks to PTSB and its partners. This will include assuming continuing accountability for decisions through these processes and ensuring on-going monitoring and review of performance.
• Ensure that systems of control have been established, maintained and documented within the functional areas of responsibility and ensure an adequate and effective training and competency regime is implemented within the function.
• Ensure robust Management Information is in place that communicates performance in all areas under the remit of the role and that enables active targeted outcomes and `Off- track' intervention and facilitates informed decision making.

Lead an inspiring Culture

• As a Senior Leader, embody and role model the Group's values and standards.
• Lead and inspire the teams to deliver high levels of operational efficiency, fostering a fact based test & learn approach and build a culture of continuous improvement across the team.
• Identify a strong potential talent pipeline in the team through development and succession planning. Recruiting, leading and managing a team of business analysts and project managers delivering a pro-active, professional and high performing service, responsive to the needs of project Business Owners.
• Ensuring the team has excellent technical and soft skills that enables delivery of relevant responsibilities in the most effective way.
• Working to retain talent within the organisation and where required plan and execute any resource replacement through recruitment

Stakeholder Engagement

• Working with Project Business Owners to ensure full accountability for project delivery.
• Providing expert guidance on project mobilisation from submitting IPP bids, going through Change Governance or Stage Gates, initial design discussions, project cost review, third party risk management requirements and Procurement due diligence checklist.
• Promoting a shared view of Finance Project Team as a gateway to ensure that solutions are analysed, designed, sourced, planned and budgeted in a holistic manner and projects are considered along with other Finance Projects stack to ensure Teams are not pushed beyond capacity.
• Continuously strengthen relationships with all stakeholders, harnessing connections and associations within and outside Permanent TSB.

Essential Requirements
** Diploma/ Degree in Business or a related field.*
** Strong industry knowledge of Banking, Regulatory and Finance Change.*
** Proven capability to interpret project data and implement appropriate actions.*
** A strategic mind-set with the ability to influence and motivate at a senior level.*