Head of Finance – ITDigital Business Transformation

Contract: Permanent
Location: Nottingham Support Office
Closing date: 26th May 2026
Recruitment Partner:

Are you ready to play a key role in delivering large-scale business change We are seeking a Head of Finance - Business Transformation to join our Finance team at Boots in Nottingham. This is a high-impact role at the heart of strategic transformation programmes providing financial leadership governance and insight to ensure successful delivery of change initiatives across the business.

What youll be doing
As the Head of Finance - Business Transformation you will act as the lead finance partner to the Programme Director and transformation leadership team ensuring fit-for-purpose governance that enables delivery transparency and value realisation across all programmes. Your role will involve:

• Acting as the strategic finance partner to Programme Directors and transformation teams shaping the financial direction of key initiatives.
• Designing and embedding proportionate financial governance frameworks that balance control with speed ensuring investments are aligned to maximising business value.
• Leading consolidated programme financial reporting delivering clear forward-looking insight to executive and board-level stakeholders.
• Providing constructive challenge and enablement to programme teams on budgets forecasts risks and benefits encouraging informed decisions.
• Ensuring disciplined investment appraisal and ongoing value tracking with a clear focus on ROI benefits realisation and strategic outcomes across transformation initiatives.
• Leading and developing a high-performing finance team that is comfortable operating in ambiguity challenging the status quo and enabling change

What youll need to have (our must-haves)

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
• Significant experience in senior finance roles ideally within transformation change or programme environments.
• Proven ability to partner at executive level influencing Programme Directors and senior stakeholders.
• Strong experience in financial governance investment control and large-scale programme reporting.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate financial insight into clear commercially focused guidance for non-finance leaders and executives.

It would be great if you also have

• Experience supporting major transformation programmes (e.g. ERP digital operating model change).
• Familiarity with programme governance frameworks and portfolio management approaches.
• Strong understanding of benefits tracking value realisation and investment appraisal techniques.

Where your brilliance can take you
At Boots we work every day to build a brilliant environment for our people enabling them to make a difference for our customers and colleagues. Youll be supported in your career development with opportunities to learn and grow within a collaborative and inclusive culture.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan (up to 12% company contribution).
• Generous employee discounts for you and a family member.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay.
• Access to free 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health our Employee Assistance Programme.

Whats next
If this sounds like the role for you wed love to hear from you. If you apply our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time we are open to discussing part-time and job share options. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.


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