Finance & Reporting Implementation Lead

BLACKROC is partnering with a leading organisation to identify an experienced EPM Implementation Lead to play a key role in a large-scale Finance & Operations transformation program. This is an opportunity for a finance and systems professional who understands how finance operates and can translate business requirements into practical, effective enterprise performance management solutions.
  
Working closely with Finance, IT, business stakeholders and an external implementation partner, you will take ownership of the EPM workstream, helping deliver improved financial planning, reporting, consolidation and analytics capabilities across the organisation.

The Role
You will act as the internal lead for the EPM solution, overseeing the journey from requirements gathering and solution design through to testing, deployment and stabilisation.

You will bridge the gap between finance and technology, ensuring the solution meets business needs, integrates effectively with the broader ERP environment and delivers meaningful improvements in reporting, planning and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the EPM implementation workstream within a large-scale Finance & Operations transformation program.
• Partner with Finance, IT and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into functional EPM solutions.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the external implementation partner, providing internal direction and constructively challenging proposed solutions where required.
• Oversee solution design, configuration, system integration, user acceptance testing, training and deployment activities.
• Drive improvements across financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, management reporting and analytics.
• Ensure alignment of financial data, master data, reporting structures and integration requirements across the EPM and ERP environments.
• Monitor workstream milestones, risks, dependencies and resource requirements to support successful delivery.
• Collaborate with project leads across technology, testing, cutover and change to ensure a coordinated implementation.
• Support stakeholder engagement, training and knowledge transfer to drive adoption and a smooth transition into business-as-usual operations.
• Contribute to program governance, reporting standards, solution readiness and ongoing continuous improvement.

About You
You bring a strong combination of finance knowledge, enterprise systems experience and project delivery capability. You understand the practical realities of financial planning and reporting and can confidently work across technical teams, implementation partners and senior business stakeholders.

You will ideally have:

• At least five years' experience working with enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions, including involvement in a full-cycle implementation.
• A strong background in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), budgeting, forecasting, consolidation or management reporting.
• Experience delivering or supporting finance transformation initiatives within a complex enterprise environment.
• A sound understanding of financial systems, data structures and integrations, with experience across Workday Adaptive Planning highly regarded, alongside ERP platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle or Workday.
• Demonstrated experience working with external implementation partners or consulting teams.
• The ability to translate business requirements into system capabilities and constructively challenge proposed solutions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and project coordination skills.
• An understanding of data governance, metadata management, security and reporting controls.
• Experience working within structured project delivery frameworks, with familiarity in Agile or hybrid delivery environments.

If you combine strong finance fundamentals with enterprise systems expertise and enjoy turning complex business requirements into practical solutions, we'd love to hear from you.
  
Apply Now
To apply, please send your resume or contact Abbie for a confidential discussion: [email protected] / [0413 444 157](tel:0413 444 157)