Castrol Finance FP&A Systems Lead

Role Overview

The Finance Systems team supports Castrol’s financial consolidation, reporting, and finance transformation activities through the effective management, governance, and continuous improvement of its financial systems and reporting solutions.

What You Will Do

Own and govern the global Tagetik Consolidation platform, ensuring system stability, performance, scalability, and alignment with finance strategy and business requirements.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will combine strong financial consolidation and accounting knowledge with systems expertise to support group consolidation, statutory reporting, financial master data governance, and system optimisation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of financial consolidation, group reporting, statutory reporting, and financial close processes.
• Significant experience supporting finance systems and reporting applications, including proven experience with financial consolidation and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems.
• Experience administering, implementing, or supporting CCH Tagetik consolidation and financial reporting solutions is highly advantageous.
• Experience managing financial master data, reporting hierarchies, account mappings, and metadata structures within financial systems.
• Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP and JDE, including the integration of financial data across enterprise applications.
• Knowledge of IFRS, statutory reporting, and external financial reporting requirements, with an understanding of the impact of regulatory changes on financial systems and reporting processes.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestments, and organisational restructuring, particularly in relation to financial systems, consolidation, and master data management.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across global Finance, Technology, and external delivery teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage system enhancements, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive continuous improvement, automation, and finance transformation initiatives.
• Experience working in agile, project-based, or structured system delivery environments, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results effectively.
• Proactive and improvement-oriented, with strong organisational skills and the ability to identify opportunities to enhance system functionality, reporting quality, financial governance, and operational efficiency.