Senior Programme Manager

Overview

Senior leadership role for the Finance Systems & Transformation portfolio, combining programme delivery leadership with hands-on portfolio management, governance and PMO discipline to move strategic initiatives from approval through controlled execution, adoption and benefits realisation.

What you'll do

• Translate the Finance Transformation strategy and roadmap into executable programmes, workstreams, milestones and outcomes, and drive delivery across multiple initiatives.
• Own the consolidated transformation roadmap, integrated plan, critical path and cross-workstream dependencies, including sequencing, capacity, funding and business availability.
• Operate the programme governance rhythm, including Steering Committee preparation, decision papers, status reporting, action tracking and follow-through.
• Establish and maintain consistent planning, RAID, dependency, decision, change-control, financial tracking and document-management standards across the portfolio.
• Maintain an enterprise view of delivery risks and issues, ensure mitigations have accountable owners and dates, and escalate material matters with options and recommendations.
• Challenge plans, assumptions, RAG status, estimates and recovery actions, and confirm scope, testing, readiness, controls, documentation and handover before stage-gate decisions.
• Build relationships across Finance, Finance Systems, Technology, Operations, Risk, Internal Audit and regional teams, and translate complex delivery information into decision-ready messages for senior leaders.
• Coordinate internal teams, contractors and delivery partners; monitor commitments, deliverables, costs and knowledge transfer; support mobilisation, onboarding and transition to permanent capability.
• Ensure each initiative has a proportionate change approach covering communications, training, business readiness, operating procedures, ownership and transition into BAU.
• Define measurable outcomes and benefits, track realisation after implementation, and ensure lessons learned are reflected in future delivery standards.

What you'll need

• Significant experience leading complex, multi-workstream Finance Systems or enterprise transformation programmes.
• Strong programme and portfolio management capability, including integrated planning, governance, RAID, dependencies, change control and benefits realisation.
• Experience preparing executive and Steering Committee reporting and converting complex information into clear decisions and recommendations.
• Proven ability to coordinate Finance, Technology, Operations and external delivery partners in a matrix environment.
• Experience challenging delivery plans, driving recovery activity and holding senior workstream owners accountable.
• Understanding of Finance processes, systems implementation, controls, testing, readiness and BAU transition.
• Commercial and financial discipline covering budgets, forecasts, resource plans and supplier commitments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, facilitation and influencing skills.
• Ability to operate hands-on, manage competing priorities and deliver through ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Experience in Financial Services or another regulated, control-focused environment.
• Experience with Finance ERP, EPM, reporting, data, controls or operating-model transformation.
• Exposure to platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, Anaplan, Power BI, Qlik or Azure DevOps.
• Experience establishing or maturing a transformation office, portfolio office or enterprise PMO.
• Experience working across global teams and delivery partners, including India-based delivery models.
• Recognised programme or project management qualification, such as MSP, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent.
• Finance, accounting, technology or transformation-related professional qualification.

Details

• Location: Gurugram, India.
• Permanent role.