Finance Operating Model Lead

Will be part time days over a number of weeks - Remote with adhoc travel to London.

The Finance Target Operating Model (TOM) Lead will be responsible for shaping, designing, and delivering the future-state finance organisation in a global law firm. This role ensures that finance is structured, resourced, and enabled to meet the strategic objectives of the business while driving efficiency, compliance, insight, and scalability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Finance TOM Design:
  • Define the end-to-end finance operating model (processes, people, technology, governance, data, and service delivery model).
  • Translate strategic objectives into practical design principles for finance.
  • Align TOM with organisational strategy, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder expectations.

• Stakeholder Engagement:
  • Work closely with CFO, finance leadership team, and business stakeholders to define requirements.
  • Facilitate workshops and secure buy-in across the organisation.
  • Act as trusted advisor to senior leaders on finance transformation.

• People & Organisation:
  • Define finance roles, responsibilities, and required capabilities under the TOM.
  • Shape the workforce plan including onshore/offshore mix, shared services, and centres of excellence.
  • Support cultural change and upskilling programmes.

• Governance & Controls:
  • Embed effective risk, compliance, and control frameworks in the TOM.
  • Define reporting lines, accountability structures, and decision rights.

• Programme Delivery:
  • Develop roadmap for TOM implementation, including dependencies, milestones, and success measures.
  • Ensure alignment with wider business transformation initiatives (HR, IT, Operations).
  • Track benefits realisation and continuously refine the operating model.

About CE Back Office:

CE Global Partners are a successful and fast growing consultancy, who specialise in client-side support to enable and deliver HR and payroll transformations globally enabled by market leading technology. We work across multiple industries, sectors and technologies to help our global clients prepare, deliver and optimise their transformation. We typically implement market leading HR technology such as Oracle HCM, Workday, Ceridian or SAP Successfactors for global organisations. Working within the CE team you will learn, grow and progress in a culture that is supportive and collaborative whilst using best in class methods. Our clients recognise us for the quality of our work we deliver. If you are looking for your next career challenge whilst working with industry experts then this is the perfect opportunity for you.