Join Buro Happold as an Order to Cash (O2C) Transformation Manager and help shape, implement and embed best-in-class finance processes across our international business.
This person can be based in our Bath office on a hybrid working model.
At Buro Happold, we're delivering a significant transformation of our global finance operations, helping to create more efficient, scalable and customer-focused processes across our international business.
We are looking for an experienced Order to Cash (O2C) Transformation Manager on a 12 month fixed term contract to play a key role in driving this change. Working as part of our Finance Transformation team, you will lead the delivery of O2C transformation workstreams, helping to design, implement and embed new ways of working across our global regions.
This is an exciting opportunity for a finance transformation professional who enjoys working at the intersection of process improvement, systems implementation, stakeholder engagement and change management.
About The Role
As O2C Transformation Manager, you'll support the delivery of a large-scale transformation programme focused on improving and standardising our Order to Cash processes.
You'll work closely with Finance, Shared Services, Operational Excellence, IT, Digital teams and regional stakeholders to:
- Lead current-state process discovery, workshops and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Identify opportunities to improve billing, invoicing, cash application, collections, dispute management and reporting processes.
- Support the design and implementation of future-state processes and controls.
- Translate business requirements into practical system and workflow enhancements.
- Coordinate testing activities including SIT and UAT, ensuring successful implementation and adoption.
- Support deployment readiness, cutover planning, go-live activities and post-implementation support.
- Develop process documentation, standard operating procedures and training materials.
- Deliver change management activities that drive user engagement and adoption.
- Track programme progress, risks, issues and dependencies, providing updates to key stakeholders.
- Support the successful transition of new processes into business-as-usual operations.
About You:
You'll bring experience delivering finance transformation, process improvement or systems implementation initiatives, along with a strong understanding of the end-to-end Order to Cash cycle.
You'll also have:
- Experience working across billing, invoicing, cash application, collections, credit control and related finance processes.
- Proven ability to engage and influence both senior stakeholders and operational teams.
- Experience mapping, documenting and implementing business processes across complex organisations.
- Knowledge of ERP or finance system implementations, including requirements gathering, testing and deployment activities.
- Experience coordinating user acceptance testing, issue resolution and implementation readiness activities.
- Strong project coordination and organisational skills.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
- A collaborative approach with the ability to build relationships across multiple teams and regions.
We'd be particularly interested if you have:
- Experience delivering O2C transformation programmes in an international, multi-entity or professional services environment.
- Experience of ERP rollouts and regional deployments.
- Knowledge of finance shared services environments.
- Experience working with workflow, billing, credit-control or reporting systems.
- Relevant qualifications in finance, project management, change management or process improvement.
Why Join Buro Happold?
At Buro Happold, we believe in creating a better, more sustainable world. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We offer a supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference.
What we Offer You:
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
- 10% car allowance.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
- Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
- 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
- A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities. A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
- An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.
Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere.
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
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