Job Description
Barden have asked to act on behalf of a global technology company to lead the appointment of their Technology Programme Management to oversee global technology enablement and automation projects supporting a significant change in their financial reporting brought about as a result of their public listing relocating from the UK to the US.
"This team will take be integral in delivering the biggest financial transformation project any company is undertaking globally in 2025. In terms of remit and impact it does not get much better than this." Global CIO
This ambitious global finance transformation programme, focused on Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR), will span over 3 years involve a team of circa 100+ people spread across four, interdependent pillars, including:
1. IT Controls including ERP elements
2. Business/ Internal Controls including SOX, US GAAP, ERP
3. Technology Enablement and Automation Transformation
4. Governance, Risk and Compliance
The transformation programme goes across all facets of the business including data, systems, people, organisation design and global process owners.
These roles will for a part of the leadership and delivery team in Pillar 3 above and a have ultimate responsibility for the delivery of technology enablement and automation projects to support the other 3 Pillars.
Reporting to the Head of Technology Enablement and Automation, the initial team will comprise of a mix of circa 8-10 Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers. It is envisaged this team will grow to circa 25-30 people in time. Currently we are supporting the appointment of:
* 3x Tech Enablement and Automation Senior Manager
* 4x Tech Enablement and Automation Manager
* 3x Tech Enablement and Automation Assistant Manager
ABOUT THE ROLES
While the level and specific orientation of a given role will differ depending on a number of factors the overall focus of this team will include:
* Lead the delivery of a significant portion of the short-term transformation and long-term transformation included in the ICFR project plan, focused on technology enablement and automation of the ICFR annual cycle as well as both business and IT controls at the group and within the divisions.
* Manage the internal and external support, to deliver a significant portion of the ICFR project plan, focused on technology enablement and automation, according to the planned costs and timetable.
* Prepare status reporting for the ICFR Lead to the finance transformation Steering Committee, which includes the Group CFO, COO and CIO.
* Propose revisions for the ICFR project plan on a periodic basis to the ICFR Lead, reflecting recommended changes to scope, timetable, resources and dependencies.
* Provide strategic insight and recommendations on a continual basis regarding the Group’s ICFR vision, incorporated into the ICFR project plan, and propose where new tools, methods, processes or other innovations can be incorporated and then subsequently delivered.
* Work in partnership with the team headed by the Director of Internal Controls who leads the existing ICFR processes, in particular management’s testing activities.
* Interact with the Group’s external auditors on relevant portions of the ICFR project plan, in particular to incorporate their feedback and findings into it, to ensure delivered projects are consistent with the requirements of PCAOB Auditing Standards.
* Support the ICFR Lead to draft periodic reporting to the Audit Committee on the status of the ICFR project plan, in particular regarding the remediation of deficiencies for SOX 404 (a) and (b) purposes, delivered through tech enabled and automated solutions.
* Collaborate with the teams of other key internal stakeholders who have ownership in some or all of the ICFR project plan, to deliver the necessary transformation and address concerns they may have. This is likely to include teams reporting to Divisional CFOs and Divisional CIOs, and other senior members of the Group Functions such as Tax and Treasury.
* Collaborate with technology teams to identify, communicate requirement and implement automated and technology enabled solutions across Flutter.
* Identify opportunities to improve the ICFR annual cycle and assess the potential impact and cost of solutions to provide informed strategic advice on the direction of Flutter’s efforts within technology enablement.
ABOUT THE PERSON
* Experienced Technology/IT Project Manager with circa 8-10 years of experience.
* Experience of delivering technology transformation within finance and technology functions in a global organisation.
* PCAOB audit experience and experience in a professional services or industry role is advantageous, but not essential.
* Some experience of other significant finance transformation activities in ICFR or with ICFR impacts, such as global process owner deployment, an ERP implementation, is advantageous, but not essential.
* Experience of Oracle ERP and related Oracle systems is advantageous, but not essential.
* Strong project management and organisation skills, in order to be able to manage the delivery of multiple workstreams to short-term and long-term deadlines.
* Strong technology deployment and maintenance skills are essential, preferably including GRC tool deployment and maintenance.
* Able to operate in a fast-paced environment in a management role that is empowered to deliver change.
Curious? You should be. Hit apply or contact Ed Heffernan (ed.heffernan@barden.ie) and Ed and his team will take things from there. Simple.