Collinson is the global, privately-owned company dedicated to helping the world to travel with ease and confidence. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading airport experiences, loyalty and customer engagement, and insurance solutions for over 400 million consumers. Collinson is the operator of Priority Pass, the world’s original and leading airport experiences programme. Travellers can access a network of 1,500 lounges and travel experiences, including dining, retail, sleep and spa, in over 650 airports in 148 countries, helping to elevate the journey into something special. We work with the world’s leading payment networks, over 1,400 banks, 90 airlines and 20 hotel groups worldwide. We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences. Key clients include Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC. Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work. Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 2,200 global colleagues. Purpose of the role At Collinson International Ltd (CIL), the largest operating company within the Collinson Group, we have a powerful vision: To be a strategic partner to the leading payment networks, issuers and travel companies. Driving customer engagement and incremental value through the world's most valued travel ecosystem. Whilst we have had a lot of success over the past 10 years, and have grown exponentially, we need to make changes to the way we work if we’re going to achieve this vision. With that in mind, we are embarking on our biggest ever period of transformation - investing time and money to connect consumers, our clients and our partners to each other, and to the elevated experiences they want and expect from us. As part of this, we are establishing a new Transformation team and require a Finance Transformation Programme Manager to support in the delivery of key initiatives. Initially the plan is for the successful candidate to support Finance to deliver the Finance Transformation plan on a page. The Finance Transformation Programme requires a strategic leader with exceptional organisational, communication and problem-solving skills to oversee the scoping, planning and execution of this cross-functional initiative. Assisting the SVP Finance Transformation to Managing 5-7 project managers to deliver their outputs on time, on budget and to quality, we require a rigorous, experienced and dynamic candidate to take on this critical role. Key Responsibilities Planning and dependencies – maintain a centralised view of the transformation roadmap across the programme whilst also identifying and tracking the key internal / external dependencies that inform sequencing and / or timing Resourcing – work with the BAU owners of the different projects to understand resource requirements ensuring relevant stakeholders are aware of demand for each of their teams Change Delivery – monitor individual project performance against the plan, challenge slippage and help define and implement mitigations. Risk and issue management – review the risks and issues experienced by the different projects to identify and escalate common themes that require a programme-wide approach to resolution. Manage and track these items to completion (owning mitigations as appropriate). Governance – facilitate relevant governance forums and the distribution and closure of relevant actions and decisions. Stakeholder management – Establish strong working relationships with different stakeholder groups (including Senior Leadership, Project Managers, Change Managers, BAU owners, external 3rd parties and Collinson International Ltd leadership team and Board) Team leadership – oversee the work of the Change Lead and the Project Managers within the programme Reporting – collate reports from Project Managers to build a view of programme progress (e.g. status against plan & next steps). Consolidate these to provide accurate reports to the Transformation Management Office (TMO) as per the reporting cadence. Knowledge, skills and experience required Educated to degree level Extensive experience as a Programme Manager either in house or as a Management Consultant Previous experience of managing projects within: (technology/finance/legal/operations/HR/marketing) organisations Previous experience of working successfully with Change Managers External certifications in Programme Management desirable but not essential (e.g. Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)) Experience and understanding of Lean Six Sigma is desirable but not essential. Leadership and team management Programme management, project management and change management experience Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success. We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Take Action, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc). If you need any extra support throughout the interview process, then please email us at ukrecruitment@collinsongroup.com