Interim e-commerce and payments finance transformation lead

The Interim e-commerce and payments finance transformation lead is responsible to design and deliver the finance workstream for the new ecommerce and payments ecosystem, ensuring that the solution is accounting-ready, controllable, compliant by design and capable of supporting the full stages roadmap.

This Interim e-commerce and payments finance transformation lead role involves close collaboration with the Commercial and Information Technology & Digital Services teams.

Key responsibilities are:

• Own finance discovery, requirements, process design and the finance implementation backlog
• Document accounting policies and obtain approval for unresolved revenue, subscription, royalty and retrocession treatments
• Define Finance ERP (Microsoft dynamics Business Central) integration requirements, data mappings, audit references, control totals and exception handling
• Design payment, fee, settlement, bank and ledger reconciliations
• Coordinate validated tax requirements with tax advisers, tax-engine providers and implementation teams
• Design the reporting data model and actual-versus-budget/forecast framework
• Define multi-currency and treasury requirements
• Design effective-dated royalty and member-settlement rules for national and third-party content
• Lead finance test planning, expected-result preparation, UAT and defect prioritization
• Validate migration, cut-over and go-live readiness
• Deliver procedures, training, operational handover and post-launch stabilization
• Maintain a finance design that can accommodate later phases without unnecessary rebuilding

The Interim e-commerce and payments finance transformation lead should bring the following background and experience:

• Qualified accountant or equivalent
• 8 to 12 years of relevant experience, with an emphasis on proven delivery
• Proven finance transformation leadership involving e-commerce, payments and ERP integration
• Experience with subscriptions, international tax-process integration and partner/revenue-sharing arrangements
• Fluency in English, with excellent written and spoken communication
• Expertise in accounting-event design, reconciliation architecture, financial data models and internal controls
• Strong requirements documentation, stakeholder management and testing skills
• Hands-on experience working with transactional data
• Proactive and solution-oriented mindset
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts in a clear and accessible manner

Competitive package and working conditions.