Finance Strategic Transformation Programme - Data Migration Lead

Finance Operations

Corporate Services

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Why Arup?

Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Unleash your creativity and take your skills to new heights while working on inspiring projects. At Arup, we believe in empowering our people to produce work that sets the bar for quality. Our passionate team shares our values, and that's why they love coming to work every day.

The Opportunity

Shape the future of finance at Arup...

We are seeking an experienced Data Migration Lead to play a pivotal role in Arup’s global Finance Strategic Transformation Programme, delivering Oracle Fusion ERP and EPM across our worldwide business. This landmark transformation will modernise our finance capabilities, unify data and processes, and enable better decision-making, efficiency, and user experience across the organisation.

As Data Migration Lead, you will be responsible for leading the end-to-end migration of finance data, ensuring a successful transition from legacy systems to Oracle Fusion. Working closely with Finance, Digital Technology, business stakeholders, and implementation partners, you will oversee migration planning, data quality, testing, reconciliation, cutover readiness, and business sign-off.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the strategy, planning, and execution of finance data migration activities across the programme.

Manage data extraction, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and loading activities.

Define and oversee source-to-target mappings, conversion rules, and migration processes.

Coordinate mock migrations, test loads, dress rehearsals, and cutover activities.

Manage migration defects, risks, dependencies, and remediation plans.

Provide robust reporting, governance updates, and readiness assessments to programme leadership.

Maintain migration documentation, controls, audit trails, and formal sign-off processes.

Is this role right for you?

Essential Experience:

Proven experience leading data migration workstreams within large-scale ERP or finance transformation programmes.

Strong understanding of finance master and transactional data, including suppliers, customers, projects, assets, chart of accounts, and balances.

Hands-on experience with data migration tools and techniques, including data extraction, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and load management.

Strong knowledge of Oracle ERP data migration processes, ideally Oracle Fusion Cloud.

Experience managing mock loads, cutover rehearsals, defects, and migration sign-off activities.

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across business, technical, and partner teams.

Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with a focus on quality, governance, and delivery to deadline.

Desirable Experience:

Oracle Fusion data migration, including FBDI templates, load validation, and reconciliation.

Data governance, data quality, and master data management practices.

Finance reporting, controls, analytics, and downstream integration requirements.

What We Offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different People, Shared Values

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please contact simon.duckworth@arup.com to let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

Our Application Process

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