Senior Finance Transformation Manager (18 month FTC)
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What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.
What You’ll Get
People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.
Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.
Job DescriptionThe Senior Finance Transformation Manager will act as the senior Finance Transformation lead representing the Finance function on priority strategic projects across Primark. The role will ensure Finance requirements, risks, dependencies, controls and business readiness impacts are understood, planned and embedded, while providing senior oversight to the Finance Transformation team supporting those initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Finance operational lead for major strategic management initiatives that support Primark’s strategic priorities.
- Represent Finance Transformation on priority strategic projects across Primark, ensuring Finance requirements, risks, dependencies and delivery impacts are clearly understood and planned.
- Act as the senior Finance lead for onboarding new strategic initiatives into Finance, coordinating input from relevant teams and ensuring priorities are integrated into Finance plans.
- Translate strategic project objectives into Finance delivery requirements, covering milestones, dependencies, resourcing, governance, decision points, change impacts, controls and business readiness.
- Provide senior oversight, direction and coaching to Finance Transformation Managers and project support resources, ensuring clear priorities, consistent standards and timely escalation of risks and issues to Finance Leadership.
- Coordinate input and requirements gathering from Finance SMEs including Tax, Financial Accounting and Reporting, Treasury, Controls, Operations and other specialist teams where required.
- Identify and deliver Finance improvements across people, process, systems, data, governance and controls to strengthen outcomes, support commercial objectives, reduce risk and improve scalability.
- Work collaboratively with project owners and wider Primark functions, including People & Culture, Legal, Technology, Procurement, Retail Operations, Property and external advisers where required.
- Maintain disciplined Finance delivery through robust documentation, RAID management, status reporting, dependency tracking, benefits articulation and clear ownership of actions.
- Embed the Finance Transformation portfolio governance framework including assessment and prioritisation of initiatives, senior stakeholder engagement and reporting, management of cross functional dependencies and ensuring decisions and trade-offs are visible and owned.
- Escalate and resolve Finance delivery blockers where project momentum, cross-functional dependencies or capacity constraints create risk.
- Educated to degree level +
- Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent) an advantage
- 10+ years’ relevant experience, including senior transformation, programme delivery and people leadership experience in a complex, multi-national organisation
- Experience supporting strategic growth, separation, integration, controls, governance or plc-readiness initiatives would be advantageous
- Knowledge of automation, Business Intelligence, data analytics, governance improvement and business readiness would be advantageous
- Accreditation and/or practitioner experience of Transformation, Change Management or Project Management e.g. APMG, PMI CAPM/PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Agile Product Owner, etc. would be advantageous
- Strong financial and analytical acumen and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- A proven track record of demonstrating credibility and influence with senior leaders across all areas of the business
- Strong understanding of finance transformation, programme governance, operating model change and cross-functional project delivery in a complex organisation
- Commercial awareness and strategic mind-set, with ability to demonstrate a sound knowledge of wider business
- Strong engagement and communication skills, with proven ability to build relationships across all levels, particularly senior management
- Excellent planning and project management skills, with the ability to prioritise Finance work across self and team, manage senior expectations and deliver to agreed timescales
- Demonstrates leadership skills with the ability to inspire, lead, build & deliver through high performing teams
- Ability to connect strategic project activity to Finance priorities, commercial objectives, requirements, risks and dependencies
- Process and delivery oriented, with experience of embedding Finance ways of working across operating models, governance, processes, systems, data and controls
Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.
About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.
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Skills Required
- Degree-level education
- 10+ years of relevant experience
- Senior transformation, programme delivery, and people leadership experience in a complex, multinational organisation
- Strong financial and analytical acumen
- Credibility and influence with senior business leaders
- Strong understanding of finance transformation, programme governance, operating model change, and cross-functional project delivery
- Commercial awareness and strategic mindset
- Strong engagement and communication skills
- Excellent planning and project management skills
- Leadership ability to build and deliver through high-performing teams
- Experience embedding finance ways of working across operating models, governance, processes, systems, data, and controls
- Accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent
- Experience supporting strategic growth, separation, integration, controls, governance, or PLC-readiness initiatives
- Knowledge of automation, Business Intelligence, data analytics, governance improvement, and business readiness
- Transformation, change management, or project management accreditation or practitioner experience, such as APMG, PMI CAPM/PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or Agile Product Owner
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is often characterized as fair or good compared to similar retail roles, and overtime availability can improve take-home earnings. Recent UK minimum-rate increases and the removal of age-related pay tiers reinforce a sense of improving pay fairness.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off stands out as comparatively strong for retail, with full-time roles described as having notably generous PTO alongside sick time and paid holidays. This breadth can increase the overall value of the compensation package beyond hourly wages.
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Parental & Family Support — Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and surrogacy payments are positioned as meaningful additions to the rewards package. Ongoing colleague discounts and family-oriented support contribute to a more rounded benefits offering.
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Primark is an international fashion retailer employing more than 80,000 colleagues across 17 countries in Europe and the US. Founded in Ireland in 1969 under the Penneys brand, Primark aims to provide affordable choices for everyone, from great quality everyday essentials to stand-out style across women’s, men’s and kids, as well as beauty, homeware and accessories. With a focus on creating great retail experiences, Primark has over 440 stores globally and continues to expand with the aim of reaching 530 stores by the end of 2026. Primark is working to make more sustainable fashion affordable for everyone through its Primark Cares strategy, a multi-year programme that focuses on giving clothing a longer life, protecting life on the planet and supporting the livelihoods of the people who make Primark clothes. As part of this, Primark unveiled nine commitments it is working to achieve by 2030. These commitments include making all of its clothes from recycled or more sustainably sourced materials by 2030, halving carbon emissions across its value chain and pursuing a living wage for workers in its supply chain.
