Manager – Financial Operations

• Lead, develop, and motivate a high-performing Finance Operations team.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and career development opportunities to enhance capability and engagement.
• Drive talent management, succession planning, and skills development to ensure long-term organisational resilience.

• Oversee invoice processing, payment execution, employee expenses, and supplier account management.
• Ensure timely supplier payments and effective resolution of payment-related issues.
• Maintain strong AP controls, compliance, and governance standards.
• Act as the functional owner for Workday Accounts Payable processes and enhancements.

• Ensure timely and accurate journal processing and financial accounting activities.
• Oversee fixed asset accounting, capitalisation, depreciation, and asset lifecycle management.
• Manage balance sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations, and prepayment accounting.
• Support statutory, audit, and compliance requirements.
• Drive continuous improvements across RTR processes to improve efficiency, control, and reporting quality.

• Manage Purchase Order (PO) support processes.
• Oversee supplier onboarding activities and vendor master governance.
• Support procurement compliance and policy adherence.
• Partner with stakeholders to drive efficient purchasing processes.
• Support supplier negotiations and process optimisation initiatives.

• Oversee UK payroll processing, validation, reconciliations, and payroll accounting activities.
• Ensure payroll operations are delivered accurately, compliantly, and on time.
• Review payroll journals, controls, and exception management processes.
• Ensure timely resolution of payroll queries and exceptions.
• Partner with HR and external providers to maintain a high-quality payroll service.

• Act as the Finance SME for Workday/ERP processes and functionality.
• Drive maximum utilisation of system capabilities through automation and process standardisation.
• Partner with Technology and Business teams on system enhancements and process changes.

• Develop and maintain KPI dashboards and operational reporting.
• Monitor productivity, service levels, quality, and control metrics.
• Analyse performance trends and recommend corrective actions.
• Provide regular management information to Finance leadership.

• Lead process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Simplify workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy, and customer experience.
• Drive a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Support Finance transformation and change initiatives.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience skills and behaviours:

• Strong experience across Finance Operations, Shared Services, or Financial Accounting environments.
• End-to-end knowledge of Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Fixed Assets, and UK Payroll processes.
• Experience of operating and optimising ERP platforms, preferably Workday.
• Strong understanding of Month-End and year-end financial close processes.
• Experience delivering operational excellence, automation, and process transformation initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple functions and levels.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to lead change and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

• MBA (Finance) or Postgraduate qualification in Finance, Accounting, or Business Management or CA \ CMA inter or equivalent
• Professional accounting qualification (CA, CMA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA) or equivalent

• Fluent English: written and spoken.
• Proven Leadership abilities and team working
• Excellent organizational, communication and planning skills
• Professional, credible individual with an ability to influence peers, superiors and subordinates
• Adaptable with an ability to change direction and priorities if required
• Achievement orientation: Driven by goals and deadlines
• Ability to work well with people across the organisation.
• Ability to understand the detail behind processes.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.