Company Description
Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 has several strategic technology partners including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems and Snowflake. We’re also an award-winning employer reflecting how employees are at the heart of Version 1.
We’ve been awarded: Innovation Partner of the Year Winner 2023 Oracle EMEA Partner Awards, Global Microsoft Modernising Applications Partner of the Year Award 2023, AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year - EMEA 2023 and Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place To Work in UK and Ireland 2023.
As a consultancy and service provider, Version 1 is a digital-first environment and we do things differently. We’re focused on our core values; using these we’ve seen significant growth across our practices and our Digital, Data and Cloud team is preparing for the next phase of expansion. This creates new opportunities for driven and skilled individuals to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies globally.
- UK & Ireland’s premier Oracle, Microsoft & AWS partner
- Market leader in Oracle ERP and Cloud Applications
- Consulting, implementation, and support services
- 3300+ strong, €347m/£302m revenue business
- ERP Partner of the Year & 10 years as GPTW to work in Ireland & UK
Job Description
Principal Finance Transformation Consultant (Contractor)
Are you ready to take your finance transformation expertise to the next level?
At Version 1, we’re looking for a Principal Finance Transformation Consultant (Contractor) who wants to do more than implement systems — someone who thrives on helping senior leaders reimagine what their finance function can be. This is your chance to step into a role where you’ll shape strategy, drive transformation, and see the impact of your work ripple across entire organisations.
This isn’t just about ERP delivery. It’s about unlocking insight, enabling automation, and creating future-ready finance functions. You’ll partner with CFOs and senior stakeholders to define operating models, design modern finance processes, and guide clients through some of the most complex and rewarding change journeys they’ll ever undertake.
We’re looking for someone who brings both credibility and curiosity — a Chartered Accountant or finance leader who has led change, delivered transformation, and understands how technology, people, and process come together to create value. If you’ve been at the sharp end of finance transformation and want a platform to influence at scale, you’ll feel right at home here.
At Version 1, you’ll join one of the fastest-growing consultancies in the UK & Ireland, trusted by global brands and recognised as a Great Place to Work for over a decade. We’ll give you the freedom to lead, the support to grow, and the recognition you deserve. With profit share, a generous training budget, flexible hybrid working, and a culture that celebrates excellence, this is a place where ambitious people thrive.
If you’re ready to help shape the future of finance, let’s talk.
Principal Finance Transformation Consultant (Contractor)
Key Responsibilities
You will:
- Partner with clients to define the business outcomes their finance function must deliver and ensure ERP and process design are aligned to these outcomes.
- Map key stakeholders and facilitate alignment around transformation objectives, articulation of vision statements and development of robust business cases.
- Define current and target operating models, including roles, process taxonomies, and enabling technologies.
- Perform change impact assessments to understand implications across people, process, and technology.
- Design future-state finance processes and roles, often aligned with Oracle Fusion Cloud’s modern best practice frameworks.
- Support clients throughout the implementation journey, guiding them on how best to adopt new processes and technology.
- Guide clients in shifting their finance function from being dominated by operational processing to one focused on delivering insight and strategic value—enabled by streamlined workflows and automation.
- Write and secure agreement on change strategy and communication strategy documents to support stakeholder engagement and adoption.
- Provide thought leadership on emerging finance technologies, including AI, RPA, and advanced analytics, and how they can be leveraged to deliver outcomes.
- Lead change management and stakeholder engagement to ensure adoption and sustainability of new ways of working.
Qualifications
Essential Skills and Experience
You will have:
- Proven experience leading finance teams within industry, with demonstrated expertise in one or more core areas such as Financial Control, Operational Processing (e.g., Accounts Payable), or Financial Planning and Analysis
- Ability to drive operational improvements and lead teams through process change, automation, and systems implementation.
- Strong understanding of finance processes and how they contribute to both operational and strategic business outcomes.
- Experience in delivering finance transformation programmes, either in-house or in a consulting capacity.
- Familiarity with ERP platforms (e.g. Oracle Fusion Cloud, Oracle E Business Suite, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft or MS Dynamics) and their role in enabling finance outcomes.
- Demonstrated capability in operating model design, stakeholder mapping, and change impact assessment.
- Exposure to automation, AI, and data-driven decision-making in a finance context.
- Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Qualifications
- Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) strongly preferred.
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline (minimum 2:1).
- Qualification in change management (e.g. Prosci or equivalent) is advantageous.
Additional Information
Why Version 1?
Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance and leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development review
A large training budget for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role.
Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards & our ‘Call-Out’ platform where performance is called out and recognised.
Moments that matter & our enhanced maternity & paternity leave policies for life’s journey.
Our active ESG & CSR initiative allows you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion, and belonging schemes.
- Quarterly performance-related profit share
- Certified Great Place to Work for 10 years in a row
- Flexible mix of Remote/Hybrid working options
- Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance plus
This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing Oracle ERP Consultancies in Ireland & the UK.
PLUS, many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
Please note that you must have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
This is hybrid based with occasional travel to your nearest base office.
Ashley Billington, Head of Talent Acquisition – Enterprise Applications (Oracle Cloud - ERP, HCM, EPM)
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We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity & Inclusion statement located at: Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Version 1 Careers
Please note: We have an internal recruitment team and do not accept agency candidates. If you want to join the team here at Version 1, get in touch with us directly!
