Finance Systems Manager – ERP & Implementations Lead, Deltek Vantagepoint

Lanpro is a market leading multi-disciplinary consultancy who specialise in Environment led Planning and Design.

We work on projects at all scales within town semi-rural and rural contexts across a variety of sectors that includes residential historic sites and estates renewable energy infrastructure and mixed-use commercial developments.

About Lanpro

Lanpro is a fast growing unique and rewarding environment. Through its agile team and comprehensive service it has allowed growth nationwide. Our Group now has access to offices in Norwich London Cambridge Manchester Edinburgh York Bath Glasgow Milton Keynes Birmingham Cardiff Exeter and Chelmsford.

Our multidisciplinary service spans across multiple disciplines. Our Group offerings now include Planning Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ecology Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Landscape Architecture Architecture & Design Arboriculture Visualisation Historic Environment Acoustics Air Quality Civil Engineering Geo-environmental MEP Building Services Structures Sustainability Transport & Highways Utilities Water & Flood Risk.

We thrive on creating a culture and environment which provides a great variety of projects recognition of success continuous professional development and collaboration across an array of different professions. To find out more about our culture please click here.

We are proud that together our teams are supporting delivery of some of the largest solar and battery storage schemes in the United Kingdom and Europe. We have a strong pipeline of opportunities across the energy residential and infrastructure sectors.

We offer an environment that is diverse entrepreneurial and encourages innovation and your professional development.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

We are looking for an experienced Finance Systems Manager to take ownership of our financial and project-management systems and lead the next phase of their development.

Having implemented Deltek Vantagepoint in April 2025 we are now focused on delivering a significant system upgrade expanding platform capability and driving the financial integration of our growing acquisition pipeline. This is a hands on leadership role that requires both strategic oversight and the technical depth to get things done.

You will take the lead on planning and executing the Vantagepoint upgrade owning the project from scoping and testing through to go-live and post-implementation review. Alongside this you will play a central role in onboarding new acquisitions designing and delivering financial data migrations aligning chart of accounts structures and ensuring new entities are embedded into our systems and processes with minimal disruption.

You will work closely with senior stakeholders across Finance IT and the wider business acting as the internal authority on Vantagepoint and the go-to lead for all significant systems change.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Take ownership of the Deltek Vantagepoint platform acting as the internal subject-matter expert and primary point of escalation for all system-related matters.
• Lead the planning coordination and delivery of the Vantagepoint system upgrade managing workstreams across Finance IT and the implementation partner.
• Lead the financial systems integration of new acquisitions. Including data migration strategy chart-of-accounts mapping and data validation.
• Design and implement scalable processes and controls to support the onboarding of future acquisitions into Vantagepoint.
• Drive the rollout of additional Vantagepoint functionality working with business stakeholders to prioritise and deliver enhancements that improve efficiency and reporting quality.
• Oversee system configuration access management segregation of duties and change-control governance.
• Lead user acceptance testing programmes for upgrades migrations and new functionality.
• Manage the relationship with Deltek and implementation partners holding them to account on delivery quality and timescales.
• Maintain and improve integrations between Vantagepoint and other business applications.
• Establish and maintain robust system documentation including migration logs process maps and change records.
• Provide guidance training and escalation support to Finance and operational users across the business.
• Build and maintain financial and operational reporting using Vantagepoint Power BI and Excel.
• Champion continuous improvement across finance systems identifying opportunities to reduce manual effort improve data quality and strengthen controls.

Essential Experience:

• Significant experience in a finance systems ERP management or systems accounting role with a track record of owning and leading system change.
• Demonstrable experience leading or playing a senior role in an ERP upgrade implementation or major enhancement project.
• Hands-on experience delivering financial data migrations including data mapping cleansing validation and cutover.
• Strong understanding of core finance processes including general ledger accounts payable accounts receivable billing project accounting and management reporting.
• The ability to manage competing priorities hold project plans together and drive delivery across multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with large complex datasets.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the confidence to operate at senior and Board level.
• A proactive solutions-focused approach and the ability to lead on projects independently.

Desirable Experience:

• Direct experience with Deltek Vantagepoint including configuration and administration.
• Experience within a consultancy professional-services or project-based organisation.
• Understanding of project accounting concepts including WIP revenue recognition time recording and billing.
• Experience creating and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports.
• Exposure to system integrations using ODBC SQL or APIs.
• Experience with Power Query or other data-transformation tooling.
• Experience with Xero or a comparable cloud accounting platform.
• A relevant finance accounting systems or data qualification.

As a valued employee of Lanpro you can expect to feel looked after. We offer the following great benefits as standard:

Day One

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Death in service cover
• Centrally based City offices
• Hybrid working environment (flexible work)
• Protected CPD (Department individual and companywide)
• Professional Body membership contribution
• Enhanced Company pension
• Career progression framework and development including two defined promotion windows annually.
• E Learning portal access
• Non contractual growth bonus scheme

After Probation and Beyond

• Loyalty Leave (Continuous Service Accrued Annual Leave up to 5 days)
• Vitality Health Care - Private Medical Insurance
  • Discounted Gym membership
  • Discounts and perks - Amazon prime Free Odeon Cinema tickets Apple benefits and Café Nero
  • Employee Assistance Program - including Financial and Mental Health support from external expertise.
• BUPA Cash Plan
  • Employee Assistance Program - including Financial and Mental Health support from external expertise.
• Cycle to work scheme