FINANCE TRANSFORMATION DIRECTOR
Roman Novotný
ERP and Operating Model Transformation
Multi-Entity, Multi-Country Programmes
I represent the client's interest in large transformation programmes.
A company runs a finance transformation once a decade. I run them for a living.
I do not replace system integrators. I make sure you find the right one and get the most from them. Scope, design, deliverables, budget, handover: I hold the client side of every gate, from selection through to close-out.
Why the name?
Your team are the experts in your business. Nobody expects them to be experts in transformation programmes, because the company runs one every ten years. That is not a capability gap. It is a gap in frequency, and it is the gap I fill.
A system integrator is paid by the day. That is the model, and it is not a criticism. But it means every commercial incentive points towards more scope, more consultants, and more build than the business asked for. The contract that governs all of it is usually signed before the client has run one of these programmes.
That is where I come in. I hold the client side of every gate and make sure you get the quality you are paying for, at the budget you agreed. No padded teams, no scope you did not ask for, no build you do not need. That is what the NO NONSENSE SOLUTIONS name means.
Preparation. I own the scope and pressure-test it while it can still be changed. I run the integrator selection on the client's behalf and assess offers on delivery capability rather than on the pitch. I make sure the SOW reflects what the programme actually has to deliver, so it can be enforced eighteen months later. I make sure the contract carries the terms that decide who holds the risk when scope moves: change control, acceptance criteria, and the gates that let the client say no.
Execution. I approve the integrator's design against what the business needs, and a design that reflects a vendor template rather than your operating model goes back. I read the deliverables: functional specifications, configuration, test results, migration. Work below contract standard is not accepted, and I take over managing it directly when the alternative is a slipped programme. Every proposed change to headcount, scope, or cost is assessed on whether the business needs it, not on how reasonable the argument sounds.
Close-out. I own the handover to the business and make sure it covers everything it has to: process ownership, documentation, training, controls, support arrangements, and open items with named owners. The measure of a finished programme is that the integrator leaves and nothing breaks.
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