Head of Financial Operations

Overview

In this role you lead the finance function within a growing professional services firm, driving efficiency and strategic financial oversight. You will shape governance, controls and reporting while embedding transformation and automation across transactional, management accounting and financial control areas. You’ll partner with senior leaders to support growth, acquisitions and decision-making with timely insights. The position offers leadership scope, a collaborative culture, and hybrid working in a scaling organisation.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working
• Discretionary bonus
• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 7% employer pension contribution
• Birthday off
• Wellbeing day

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary finance team
• Oversee month-end and year-end processes and financial reporting
• Drive finance transformation: process optimisation, automation and continuous improvement
• Review and enhance financial controls, governance and risk management
• Identify opportunities to leverage technology and systems for reporting and efficiency
• Manage cash flow, working capital and treasury activities
• Support budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning
• Partner with operational leaders to improve commercial performance
• Lead change management and ensure adoption of new ways of working in finance
• Support growth initiatives, acquisitions and integration projects

Key requirements

• Fully qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• Senior finance leadership experience (Head of Finance, Financial Controller, or Head of Financial Operations)
• Strong technical accounting and financial control expertise
• Proven ability to lead and develop finance teams
• Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering skills
• Solid understanding of financial systems, processes and controls
• Experience improving finance operations in a growing organisation
• Commercial awareness and ability to provide strategic financial insight
• Proactive, solutions-focused leadership with strong organisational skills
• Experience leading finance change, transformation or continuous improvement programmes
• Experience implementing process improvements or finance systems enhancements
• Strong project management and change leadership capabilities
• Track record of modernising finance functions and driving operational efficiency

• Stakeholder management
• Leadership and people development
• Collaboration and cross-functional partnering
• Financial systems, controls and governance
• Cash flow management and treasury
• Budgeting and forecasting

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