ERP Risk & Change Governance Lead

  • Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates
  • Slough, Berkshire
  • Dec 14, 2025
Full time Executive

Job Description

Risk & Issue Management
  • Define, refine and drive adoption of proactive risk and issue management across the Finance workstream ensuring timely identification, assessment, and mitigation.
  • Collaborate with Finance embedded Project Managers to embed risk/issue.
  • Ensure consistent risk assessments using the agreed framework for likelihood and impact scores plus appropriate mitigation strategies.
  • Identify and resolve overdue risks and issues (or escalation as appropriate based on risk index score to appropriate governance board/stakeholders).
  • Generate periodic and ad hoc risk and issue management reports for program leadership and stakeholders.
  • Lead and run Finance workstream reviews, engaging key stakeholders to assess and prioritize risks.
  • Facilitate risk and issue escalation processes and coordinate resolution actions.
  • Support performance management of 3rd parties with respect to risks and issues relevant to outcomes/services delivery (in alignment to Commercial and supplier relationship managers).
  • Collaborate with PMO, workstreams, and global stakeholders to embed risk management into program governance.
Change Control Management
  • Defines and operates the Finance GPO change controls process.
  • Conducts education and training sessions for all relevant workstream GPOs, team members and Project Managers on the Change Control Process.
  • Ensure all changes follow established governance processes and are properly documented and approved.
  • Coordinating with program and workstream leads to assess the impact of proposed changes and facilitates decision-making.
CC Governance & Reviews
  • Facilitates a regular Finance Change Control Board (CCB) to review and approve/reject changes related to new requirements and changes.
  • Supports escalation of Change Controls (per agreed governance structure) to cross workstream leaders in a timely manner to facilitate accurate and effective decision making.
  • Supports communication of the change controls and associated approval status to both Finance Technical Governance and Design Authority (including CCA).
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure governance forums operate effectively and decisions are communicated clearly.
CC Reporting & Metrics
  • Responsible for keeping Change Control Monday Tracker up to date with status.
  • Publish periodic and ad hoc reports and metrics on the change control landscape, highlighting trends, risks, and impacts.
  • Provide insights and recommendations based on change control data to support program leadership and governance bodies.