Job Title: Senior Change Manager (Finance)
Salary: £34,500 – 58,500 pa
Location: Cambridge (hybrid – 40-60% onsite)
Contract: Fixed term contract until December 2026, full time (35 hours a week)
Do you enjoy passionately driving change collaboratively?
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
Our organisation continues to grow and develop, embracing change and technology. In Finance we are continuing to drive our Finance Transformation Programme to enable us to support the ambitions of our organisation globally. We are now looking to appoint two Senior Change Managers on fixed term contracts until December 2026 to drive and deliver some exciting, critical projects.
About the roles
As a Senior Change Manager, you will support senior leaders to continue to innovate our finance shared services and beyond. You will play a key role in developing, designing and delivering high quality change initiatives over the next 18 months.
As part of our Transformation Team, you will lead and manage specific change initiatives and projects in the delivery of the Finance Transformation Programme.
One role will support our Finance Strategic Implementation Director to oversee the coordination of the whole programme, ensuring effective project definition, impact analyses, change planning and mobilisation of initiatives, with clarity in communication and working with stakeholders across our global finance community.
The other role will support our lead Senior Change Manager to deliver specific key projects including process improvement, automation, new systems and behaviour change. These projects are pivotal to ensuring the future finance function is as efficient as possible and enabling our people to continue to make significant impact.
About you
You have experience in project and change leadership with a focus on innovation and delivering high-quality results. You can influence senior stakeholders, challenge existing processes, take a hands-on approach, and lead cross-functional teams through transformative initiatives.
Continuous improvement, collaboration and the ability to champion efficient processes with excellent communication skills should be how people describe you.
A broad understanding of finance will be helpful alongside advanced use of Microsoft Office, accounting packages and embracing AI technology.
We want to hear from you if you are able to:
* Deliver projects from requirements definitions to creating test scripts and managing business through testing, training and go live
* Communicate and influence effectively
* Solve new and complex problems
* Interpret between technical and non-technical
* Get into the details of technology and process implementation stages
* Have a willingness to tackle a variety of projects
* Move from design to delivery.
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Private Medical, Dental and Permanent Health Insurance
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Group personal pension scheme.
* Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
* Green travel schemes
We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Sunday 16th March 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews will be scheduled to take place from 24th March onwards.
Applications must be submitted through our Applicant Tracker System. Emailed applications cannot be accepted. Thank you.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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