Director of Corporate, HR & Financial Systems

At Eurostar, we’re ushering in a new era of European train travel. We’re the only high-speed operator that directly links the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. We’ve got big ambitions to spark opportunity through the power of train travel, and we’d love to have you along for the ride.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Eurostar as its Director of Corporate, HR & Financial Systems.

You will be responsible for developing and managing the information systems, delivering convergence of tools and processes within Eurostar, and designing and implementing strategic projects aimed at process optimisations by accelerating digitalization. You will manage the Corporate, HR and Finance systems team, build strategic roadmaps with business teams and run strategic governance with the CFO, the Chief People Officer and Corporate teams.You will run major transformation program(s) to align our HR and Finance processes across the UK and the continent, automate manual operations, radically modernise our application landscape and ensure we have high quality, not duplicated data.

This is a permanent role based in our UK Head Office Kings Place, in the Kings Cross area.

Internal use only: This role is Grade SEN based in KP.

Requirements

• Work closely with Corporate, HR and Finance stakeholders to articulate goals, create and manage roadmaps, projects and develop strong business understanding in the IS team.
• Deliver strategic transformation program(s) to align and automate our processes and enable efficiency.
• Working with business teams set up and deliver change management enabling our colleagues to adopt modern tools and new processes.
• Contribute significantly to IS strategic planning, with a focus on Corporate, HR and Finance systems roadmaps, in close collaboration with the other IS senior managers and business key stakeholders to deliver the Eurostar group objectives and strategic plans.
• Manages the Corporate, HR and Finance systems team, budgets and vendors to deliver robust information systems and continuously improve them to support Corporate, HR and Finance processes and teams.
• Ensures teams uses processes and tools to deliver best practice architecture and cybersecurity for the Corporate, HR and Finance Systems information systems.
• Identify and manages risks for Corporate, HR and Finance Systems projects and applications to avoid or minimize negative impacts to our employees, Corporate, HR and Finance teams and processes.
• Operate Corporate, HR and Finance systems, ensure they are robust and stable and meeting requirements.
• Works closely with Corporate, HR and Finance stakeholders and her team to operate effective governance of roadmaps, systems, vendors and projects.

You'll need

• Degree / Masters degree – or equivalent experience
• Experience of systems management experience.
• Experience of team management.
• Project management, program management, systems design and development experience, SDLC (software development lifecycle) experience.
• Experience in understanding and transforming business processes and managing requirements, preferably in a Corporate, HR and Finance context
• Advanced knowledge of team management, stakeholder management and governance
• Advanced knowledge of systems management, software development, supplier relationship management, incident management and project management
• Advanced understanding and experience of Finance and HR
• Good understanding of information technology, cybersecurity and architecture. Strong knowledge of financial processes, contract management, procurement processes, budget management and recruitment

Benefits

We’re constantly working to create a bright future for our company and our colleagues. That’s why we offer a wide range of brilliant benefits, including:

• Travel benefits that can be used for both work and play including 75% off underground network from Day 1
• Competitive defined benefit pension scheme
• Free Eurostar tickets
• Discounted Eurostar tickets for friends and family
• Ongoing training and development
• Lots of other exclusive deals, discounts, and perks

A whole new platform for your career - If you think you’ve got what it takes to help us make Eurostar bigger and better than ever before then we’d love to hear from you.

At Eurostar we believe in giving everyone an equal chance. We actively encourage applications from talented individuals regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, whether you’re pregnant or on maternity leave.