Overview
Finance and Governance Capability Lead – Pontypridd, South Wales
Salary: £65,000 – £70,000
Basis: Full time
Equal Opportunities
At Transport for Wales we value diversity. It makes us stronger, helps us understand our customers better, make better decisions and be more innovative. Everyone’s different and has their own perspective so we’re building a diverse team that mirrors the communities we serve. Through this we’re determined to be one of Wales’ leading inclusive employers. We’re creating an inclusive transport network that everyone in Wales can be proud of.
Who we are
At Transport for Wales, we’re on a mission to transform transport in Wales and make it fit for the future, whether that’s rail, bus, walking or cycling. We want to inspire a nation to change the way it travels, so that we all travel more sustainably and help to combat the climate emergency we’re all facing.
We’re an open and inclusive place to work, where everyone is welcome and our people are supported to reach their full potential. We want to create an environment where our people can grow and succeed. This is key to enabling us to deliver on the promises we’ve made to the people of Wales to build a sustainable transport network that meets their needs.
Role responsibilities
This role ensures financial compliance, optimises financial processes, and supports strategic governance. Working with the D365 solution lead, the individual will enhance and integrate financial systems and governance frameworks to meet TfW’s objectives. The role leads a global process owner (GPO) responsible for the process catalogue and Business-As-Usual (BAU) owners. Key duties include managing the end-to-end process lifecycle, setting governance strategy, standardising processes, driving continuous improvement, and serving as the main contact for process-related matters. The GPO maintains the process catalogue to ensure organisational consistency and clarity.
- Develop and own the finance transformation vision, strategy, and roadmap in partnership with the Digital Finance & Governance lead, ensuring the finance function evolves in direct alignment with the company’s strategic objectives.
- Maintain and update the Finance & Governance Service Delivery model and service catalogue by collaborating with the Finance leadership team, ensuring consistency and standardisation across the function to support efficient operations.
- Define and implement the global process vision and strategy by aligning end-to-end processes with company goals, ensuring clear ownership and direction for ongoing process optimisation.
- Oversee the process catalogue by ensuring its accuracy, currency, and accessibility for all stakeholders, thereby supporting transparency and effective process management.
- Drive process standardisation by identifying and eliminating non-value-adding variations, establishing consistent best practices across all business units to enhance efficiency and quality.
Who we’re looking for
- A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, Finance, Accounting
- Certified Business Process Management (BPM) Professional
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale process transformation, standardisation, financial governance, controls and continuous improvement initiatives in a complex, global environment
- Proven ability to analyse, develop, and implement business processes and best practice frameworks, ensuring efficient and effective financial and governance operations aligned with organisational goals.
- High level of proficiency in financial management, risk management, and compliance frameworks.
Welsh Language Skills
The ability to speak/write Welsh would make a great addition to your application, but it is not essential for this role.
Transport for Wales supports and promotes the use of the Welsh Language by employees and will encourage them to develop, improve and maintain their Welsh Language skills. We fully support our people who want to improve their Welsh language skills, and personal development for Welsh Language skills are offered in a variety of ways such as online learning, classroom courses and funding attendance at local community courses.
Next steps
Does this role sound like the opportunity you are looking for? Do you want to find out more? See attached Job Description for further details.
Transport for Wales is a disability leader. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may need in the recruitment process or as part of the role if you are successful.
This advert will close at midnight on the day of the application closing date stated above. We do encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
Note that you must hold the permanent right to work in the UK. We are not currently able to provide sponsorship.
