Interim EPM Project Lead

Job Title: EPM Project Lead

Industry: Renewable Energy

Contract Length: 12 months

Day rate: £750 - £1000 Outside IR35

Cedar are partnered with a Renewable Energy firm in London who are seeking an EPM Project lead to join on a 12 month contract.

You will responsible for driving the successful adoption and evolution of their new long-term financial forecasting and planning platform. First priority will be to complete Phase 2 of the project and then help to scope and build a business case for Phase 3 into 2027.

The Role

Programme Leadership

• Own the business vision, roadmap and strategic direction the new Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform.
• Act as the primary representative of the programme with executive sponsors and senior stakeholders.
• Maintain alignment across the various delivery teams.
• Present programme updates, risks, benefits and recommendations to Sponsor and Steering Committees.
• Resolve conflicting stakeholder priorities and build consensus around delivery decisions.
• Challenge assumptions, scope and priorities where necessary to protect delivery outcomes.
• Lead the completion of Phase 2 delivery and the scoping, business case and mobilisation of Phase 3.

Product Ownership & EPM Platform Strategy

• Convert business needs into clear requirements and prioritised development activities.
• Balance competing business requests against technical constraints and strategic objectives.
• Define and evolve the core EPM capability to the standard expected of an enterprise performance management platform.
• Drive future capabilities across automation, AI and analytics.

Adoption & Change Management .

• Sponsor and oversee training programmes across jurisdictions and stakeholder groups.
• Act as a visible champion for the future operating model and drive behavioural change across the organisation.

Risk Management

• Identify operational, technical and adoption risks before they become programme issues.
• Challenge delivery teams when functionality does not meet business expectations.
• Balance delivery timelines with quality, user trust and long-term adoption objectives.
• Continuously assess where project assumptions diverge from business reality and take corrective action.#

Key Experience Required

• Hands-on background in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), gained delivering or owning planning, budgeting, forecasting and consolidation capability on platforms such as Anaplan, OneStream, Oracle EPM/Hyperion, SAP BPC/Analytics Cloud or Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Leadership & Business Transformation - Proven record of leading business transformation and system-adoption programmes at scale, defining a vision and aligning senior stakeholders behind it.
• Technology Fluency - Comfortable operating alongside engineering, data and AI teams; can grasp technical design, challenge it, and translate between business and technical audiences. Actively looks for opportunities to apply automation, AI and analytics to improve performance.
• Financial & Commercial Acumen - Deep understanding of financial modelling, valuation and investment appraisal.