Transition Manager
Job Description
Senior Transition Manager (Credit)
\nPermanent c.£70,000
\nFully Remote with 50% Travel to Poland
\nWe are looking for an experienced Senior Transition Manager to lead the successful migration of finance processes from multiple international locations into a centralised shared services environment. This is a highly visible role that requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and project delivery expertise to ensure a smooth transition while maintaining service excellence.
\nKey Responsibilities
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- Manage end-to-end transition projects within Finance Credit operations across multiple European markets. \n
- Collaborate with client stakeholders, finance teams, and cross-functional workstreams to deliver transition objectives. \n
- Lead knowledge transfer activities, process mapping, documentation, and training to support operational readiness. \n
- Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and process inefficiencies, implementing effective mitigation plans. \n
- Monitor project progress, milestones, and deliverables, providing regular updates to senior stakeholders. \n
- Support go-live activities and post-transition stabilisation to ensure sustainable operational performance. \n
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, promoting standardisation and operational best practice. \n
- Ensure service quality, compliance requirements, and customer expectations are upheld throughout the transition lifecycle. \n
Skills & Experience
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- Demonstrable experience delivering multiple successful finance transition projects, ideally across finance credit, within complex organisations. \n
- Strong project management capabilities with the ability to lead initiatives across diverse geographical locations. \n
- Proven stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience influencing senior business leaders. \n
- Background in shared services, business process outsourcing (BPO), global business services (GBS), or transformation programmes. \n
- Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal. Additional European language skills would be advantageous. \n
- Ability to work within fast-paced and changing environments, balancing multiple priorities while achieving project objectives. \n
- Passion for driving process improvement, operational excellence, and long-term business value. \n
What We're Looking For
\nThe ideal candidate will be a results-driven transition professional with a strong finance operations background and a passion for delivering successful change programmes. You'll be comfortable managing complex projects, engaging stakeholders at all levels, and ensuring a seamless handover into business-as-usual operations.
