Freelance Consultant - Transition Manager

Our client, a leading FMCG Organization is looking to engage with Transition Manager who will manage transitions which will improve, standardize, and ultimately relocate Finance Services activities from Divisions / Segments to MGSF and ensure alignment to the Organizations Operating Model. This will include taking total accountability for planning, structuring, leading and executing transition projects and programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end finance transition projects from planning to implementation.
• Conduct due diligence to assess transition feasibility and business readiness.
• Develop transition strategies, project plans, and execution roadmaps.
• Prepare business cases and solution proposals for shared services migration.
• Identify process improvement, standardization, and automation opportunities.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and dependencies.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and executive communication throughout transitions.
• Develop and execute transition risk mitigation and contingency plans.
• Perform transition readiness assessments and recommend corrective actions.
• Lead organizational change management, including communication and training plans.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and external service providers to ensure seamless transitions.
• Oversee project governance, documentation, and compliance throughout the transition lifecycle.
• Monitor transition progress, resolve issues proactively, and ensure successful handover to operations.
• Deliver high-quality, cost-effective transitions while maintaining service continuity and customer satisfaction.

Skills Required

• Minimum 5 years in transition management
• 5+ years’ experience in shared services
• Understanding and preferably experience of due diligence activities
• Awareness of enabling technologies to drive process improvement and ability to make a compelling case for change based on these technologies
• Experience in preparing proposals for solutions and presenting to customers
• Experience in preparing and presenting business cases
• Experience in leading transition projects and handling the related sensitivities
• Degree level education, preferably with post graduate qualification; domain qualification eg accounting, HR etc - knowledge in order to apply relevant principles to transition related activities
• PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification or equivalent preferred, but not essential