Group Overview
The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.
Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.
Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.
The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.
The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.
Role Overview
The Senior Finance Project Manager leads the Finance workstream for large, complex post-acquisition integrations. The role provides end-to-end project leadership from transaction close and mobilisation through design, delivery, cutover, stabilisation and transition to business as usual. It works in close partnership with the Central Programme Office, Finance leadership and other corporate functions to deliver an integrated plan, maintain strong governance and realise the acquisition case while protecting financial control, regulatory compliance and business continuity. This role may at times also be involved in other non-integration business change initiatives.
This role sits within the Global Finance Change team and acts as the senior delivery interface between Finance and the enterprise integration programme. It brings together Finance subject matter experts across controllership, tax, treasury, FP&A, regulatory reporting, payroll, data and systems, while coordinating dependencies with Technology, Procurement, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Legal, HR and Communications. The role may lead project resources directly and through a matrix structure across multiple legal entities, geographies and delivery partners.
Key outcomes:
- An executable Finance integration strategy, roadmap and target operating model aligned to the overall acquisition thesis and Central Programme Office plan.
- Controlled delivery of Finance Day 1, Day 30, Day 120 and longer-term integration milestones, with clear ownership, dependencies and acceptance criteria.
- Continuity and integrity of financial close, management reporting, statutory and regulatory reporting, liquidity, payments and key financial controls throughout transition.
- Timely realisation of cost, operating model and technology synergies, supported by transparent assumptions, baselines and benefit tracking.
- A sustainable handover to Finance business owners with documented processes, controls, training, support arrangements and residual actions.
The Senior Project Manager will be required to manage Finance projects ensuring that they are delivered on time, to budget and to the required quality standard and controls (within the agreed specifications). Strong interpersonal and communication skills are a must. Due to the nature of the role, good business analysis skills and prior experience working in a change management function and integrations are essential.
Role Responsibilities
Integration strategy and mobilization:
- Lead Finance integration mobilisation following announcement or close, translating due diligence findings and deal commitments into a practical delivery plan.
- Define Finance scope, guiding principles, critical success factors, workstreams, milestones, resource requirements and decision rights.
- Establish the Finance integration governance model, including workstream forums, design authorities, escalation routes and reporting into the Central Programme Office and Finance leadership.
- Create and maintain the integrated Finance plan, ensuring that interdependencies with other functions and the wider programme are explicitly owned.
Project and programme leadership:
- Own delivery of the Finance integration plan across the full lifecycle, managing schedule, budget, scope, quality, resources and third-party support.
- Lead cross-functional and cross-border teams through ambiguity, competing priorities and compressed transaction timelines.
- Chair Finance integration forums, prepare clear decisions and recommendations, and drive timely closure of actions.
- Apply disciplined programme controls including RAID management, dependency mapping, critical-path analysis, change control, stage gates and readiness assessments.
- Provide concise, evidence-based reporting to senior governance bodies, distinguishing decisions required, delivery risk, financial exposure and recovery actions.
Finance operating model, process and control integration:
- Coordinate design and implementation of the future Finance operating model, including organisation, service delivery, governance, process ownership, locations and third-party arrangements.
- Lead harmonisation of core Finance processes, chart of accounts, accounting policies, close calendars, management reporting and control frameworks.
- Ensure integration plans address statutory, tax, treasury, regulatory, data-retention and legal-entity requirements in each relevant jurisdiction.
- Establish appropriate controls and segregation of duties during transitional states; ensure temporary controls and compensating measures are documented, approved and monitored.
- Drive clear process documentation, control evidence, operating procedures and handover to accountable BAU owners.
Systems, data and cutover:
- Partner with Technology and data leads to define the Finance systems and data integration roadmap, including ERP, consolidation, planning, expenses, procurement, reporting and reconciliation platforms.
- Oversee Finance requirements, data mapping, migration, testing, reconciliation and business acceptance, ensuring traceability from design through implementation.
- Lead Finance cutover planning, including testing, go/no-go criteria, contingency plans and hypercare.
- Ensure financial data quality, lineage, access, retention and reconciliation standards are maintained throughout migration and decommissioning.
Stakeholder and partnership leadership:
- Act as the principal Finance interface to the Central Programme Office, ensuring Finance plans, risks, decisions and status are integrated into enterprise governance.
- Build trusted relationships with the acquired business, functional executives, workstream leads, external advisers, auditors and delivery partners.
- Develop and execute a stakeholder engagement and communications plan tailored to leadership, project teams and impacted Finance users.
- Some travel would be required.
Experience / Competencies
Essential
- Demonstrable leadership of large post-acquisition, merger, separation or legal-entity integration programmes, with direct accountability for a significant Finance workstream.
- Proven delivery across multiple Finance domains such as controllership, FP&A, tax, treasury, statutory or regulatory reporting, procurement, payroll, data and Finance systems.
- Track record of delivering under fixed transaction milestones, ambiguity and senior scrutiny without compromising financial control or business continuity.
- Experience managing complex budgets, external advisers, system integrators and geographically dispersed matrix teams.
- Experience of ERP, consolidation, planning or reporting integration.
- Strong understanding of Finance operating models, record-to-report, planning and performance management, financial controls, data and enterprise systems.
- High proficiency in project planning, presentation and analytical tools.
- Integration leadership: converts the deal rationale into sequenced, operationally credible delivery outcomes.
- Programme control: applies proportionate governance, integrated planning, critical-path management, RAID, change control, stage gates and benefits tracking.
- Executive judgement: frames complex choices, makes evidence-based recommendations and escalates early with practical recovery options.
- Cross-functional influence: aligns senior stakeholders without relying on formal authority and manages tension between enterprise and functional priorities.
- Commercial and financial acumen: understands acquisition economics, synergy logic, integration cost, transitional service arrangements and value leakage.
- Risk and controls mindset: embeds control, auditability, regulatory obligations and data integrity into design and delivery decisions.
- Change leadership: supports teams through uncertainty, cultural differences and adoption of standardised processes and operating models.
- Communication: produces clear, concise and audience-appropriate papers, dashboards, decisions and presentations for senior governance.
- People leadership: creates accountability, coaches delivery teams and builds collaboration across legacy organisations.
Desired
- Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience in Finance, business, change or a related discipline.
- Recognised project or programme qualification such as MSP, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent practical experience.
- Finance qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent is advantageous but not essential where strong Finance transformation experience is demonstrated.
- Strong Excel capability and Power BI experience are desirable.
- Exposure to Oracle, OneStream, Concur, AI or comparable platforms is desirable.
Job Band & Level:
#LI-Hybrid #LI-MID
Not The Perfect Fit?
Concerned that you may not meet the criteria precisely? At TP ICAP, we wholeheartedly believe in fostering inclusivity and cultivating a work environment where everyone can flourish, regardless of your personal or professional background. If you are enthusiastic about this role but find that your experience doesn't align perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be the ideal candidate for this position or another opportunity within our organisation. Our dedicated Talent Acquisition team is here to assist you in recognising how your unique skills and abilities can be a valuable contribution. Don't hesitate to take the leap and explore the possibilities. Your potential is what truly matters to us.
Company Statement
We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement.
Location
UK - 135 Bishopsgate - London
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