Transactional Finance Manager

This role will support the financial controller, managing a team of roughly 5 transactional finance professionals. The ideal candidate will be used to a smaller, high growth, fast paced business and will be able to walk into this role and get up to speed with minimal hand-holding.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 5 AP Assistants
• Provide training, develop team, manage objective-setting, and carry out annual appraisals in line with HR process
• Manage the Purchase Order system administration and configuration
• Lead on AP element new finance system implementation
• Review current purchase to pay process for efficiencies and transformation opportunities to keep up with rapid growth
• Produce policies and procedure manuals
• Maintain approval matrix for multiple departments and sub-departments across the business
• Train non-finance staff in use of PO system
• Ensure and report on business compliance with Finance process
• Review and approval of invoices, payment runs, including quarterly rent and service charge
• Submission of regular payment runs for 10+ entities
• Review and ownership of GL and department coding accuracy, updating coding guidance and training the team/business as required
• Adapting processes to keep up with rapid growth
• New supplier sign off and onboarding
• Supplier ledger management
• Produce high quality weekly cost and cash outflow analysis for senior finance team
• Review and provide commentary on monthly costs versus budget in line with month end timeline

Experience

• Proven prior experience in implementation of new finance system
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage a portfolio of responsibilities, prioritise and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Technical excellence.
• Ability to communicate with finance and partner with other departments across the business.
• Exceptional planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to motivate junior members of team.
• Able to produce clearly laid out, considered work papers / reports.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel abilities, including graphs
• Experience working in a similar role
• Multi-site experience
• Experience of interacting with senior non finance personnel.
• Proven track record of suggesting / implementing improvements to financial processes.
• At least 2 years experience managing transactional processes and reporting for a similar size organisation
• Strong commercial awareness and good understanding of the sector and current financial environment.