The Role

The Digital Finance Transformation Lead is responsible for programme management to ensure the delivery of the end-to-end digitalisation of Transport for Wales' finance and governance function. The role provides leadership across transformation programmes, leads system discovery and administration, create and own programme plans with the PMO, and partners with the Finance Transformation Capability Lead to standardise, optimise, and digitise finance processes. The postholder maintains the multi-year horizon plan, ensuring TfW's finance function evolves toward a resilient, automated, insight-driven future state. The role requires strong programme delivery expertise and stakeholder engagement skills

Role responsibilities

• Lead the Digital Finance Strategy & Horizon Plan: Lead the organisation's digital finance strategy and maintain the multi-year horizon plan. Working with the Hed of Finance & Governance, conduct horizon scanning, assess emerging technologies, and translate strategic priorities into a structured roadmap aligned with the Global Process Owner. To ensure TfW builds a future-ready, automated, insight-driven finance function that supports long-term organisational goals.
• Lead Programme Management for Finance Transformation: Provide end-to-end programme management for the finance transformation portfolio. Establish governance frameworks, manage RAID, coordinate cross-functional workstreams, and oversee vendors and delivery partners. Work closely with the Dynamics 365 lead to plan, sequence, and deliver ERP programme activities. To ensure the ERP-enabled transformation delivers measurable improvements in efficiency, control, and service quality while maximising public value.
• Partner with the Finance Transformation Capability lead and D365 Leads on Process Design: Collaborate to define, standardise, and optimise end-to-end finance processes and non finance systems interfaced integrations. Co-develop global process standards, taxonomies, and documentation, ensuring alignment across regions, systems, and governance structures. To embed consistent, scalable, and efficient processes that support compliance, digital enablement, and organisational performance.
• Lead System Discovery & Future-State Design: Lead structured system discovery and solution design activities. Facilitate workshops, capture requirements, evaluate digital tools, and develop solution blueprints and data models. Work directly with the Dynamics 365 Solution Lead to validate feasibility, integration patterns, and design decisions. To ensure future-state systems and processes are designed around business needs, control requirements, and digital best practice.
• Own System Administration & Governance: Act as systems administration owner for key finance systems such as Dynamics 365 Finance, Budget & forecasting tools, GRC Tools. Manage configuration, access, controls, release cycles, testing, documentation, and system governance. Partner with the Dynamics 365 Leads to ensure system changes align with process standards and programme priorities. To maintain system stability, strengthen internal controls, and ensure continuous improvement across the digital ecosystem.

Who we're looking for

• Demonstrable experience in leading digital financial governance and control functions within a complex, regulated environment. 
• Proven ability to analyse, develop, and implement digital business processes and best practice frameworks, ensuring efficient and effective financial and governance operations aligned with organisational goals. 
• High level of proficiency in digital financial management, risk management, and compliance frameworks. 
• Knowledge of digital financial systems integration, particularly within Dynamics 365 Finance Operations ERP system or similar environments.

Welsh Language Skills

While not essential for this role, Welsh language skills would make a great addition to your application.

TfW support anyone who wants to learn Welsh or improve their skills. We offer online learning, classroom courses and funding attendance at local community courses.

Equal Opportunities

We're changing the way the transport industry looks. By celebrating and embracing differences, we're building a workforce that represents Wales. We need talented people from all backgrounds and cultures to bring their perspectives and experiences. Diverse teams make better decisions and drive innovation. Join us in transforming the way Wales travels."

Who we are 

Transport for Wales is changing the way Wales travels, making sustainable transport the first choice. We're building a multimodal integrated transport network called the T Network, making it easier for people to travel by train, bus, walking, wheeling and cycling.

Next steps

See attached Job Description for further details and how to apply. If you want to find out more about what we're doing in Wales, see our Annual Report.

We're a Disability Confident Leader. Let us know about  any reasonable adjustments you may need in the recruitment process and as part of the role if you are successful.

This advert will close at 23:59 on the day of the application closing date stated above. However, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive enough applications. We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.