Finance Change Director

Job Type:  Permanent

Location: This role will be based from London with travel required to our Edinburgh and Birmingham offices.  Time will be spent working in the office as well as from home.

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.

Closing Date:  20th February 2026

Salary and benefits: c£180,000 plus an indicative bonus range of 40%-80%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

The role

The Finance Change Director for Group Finance will be a pivotal role supporting the Finance Leadership Team and CFO. This critical role is responsible for leading and delivering the comprehensive transformation agenda for the Group Finance function of a large FTSE 100 life assurance company. They will be instrumental in shaping the future of Finance, ensuring its capabilities are aligned with strategic business objectives, regulatory demands, and the evolving needs of our internal stakeholders.

As Finance Change Director, you’ll lead Finance wide change initiatives that strengthen controls, optimise capital and liquidity, and deliver cost efficiencies. This is a high-impact role where you’ll set the strategic direction for data and platform management, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive business optimisation projects, including acquisitions and legal entity rationalisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enhance the Finance control environment and improve forecasting and reporting capabilities.
• Optimise capital and liquidity, enabling greater financial flexibility.
• Deliver Finance cost efficiencies and ensure regulatory and balance sheet compliance.
• Develop the long-term strategy for Finance data and platform management to achieve best practice.
• Lead business optimisation initiatives and the Finance integration of acquisitions.

What are we looking for?

• Proven track record in leading large-scale enterprise transformation within complex organisations.
• Experience in FTSE 100 or similar large corporate environments, ideally in financial services or life assurance.
• Sound understanding of actuarial and finance principles in life assurance, including regulatory frameworks and capital management.
• Extensive senior leadership experience in change delivery (e.g., Programme Director, Head of Transformation).
• Background in enterprise change within corporate teams or top-tier consultancy.
• Solid financial acumen and familiarity with processes and technologies in regulated industries.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate large teams through significant organisational change.
• Strategic thinker with excellent stakeholder management skills at C-suite level.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.

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Senior Managers Certification Regime (SMCR)

This role is covered by the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) as a certified role. Therefore this role is subject to annual certification by Phoenix Group, as well as regulatory compliance standards. Anybody performing this role will be subject to:

PRA Individual Conduct Standards

FCA Senior Individual Conduct Rules

Further information on the Senior Managers & Certification Regime can be found on the FCA website.