At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and transform finance operations for a high-growth organisation.
- Company: Dynamic private equity-backed company with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Strong bonus, hybrid working, and significant autonomy.
- Other info: Join a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a fast-paced environment with senior leadership support.
- Qualifications: Experience in leading large finance teams and delivering operational improvements.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 £ per year.
Nigel Wright is partnering with a highly successful, private equity-backed organisation undergoing a significant period of growth, transformation and systems investment.
With revenues in excess of £400m and a finance operations function of more than 50 people, this is a high-profile leadership opportunity offering both strategic influence and operational ownership.
This is far more than a traditional Head of Finance Operations position.
You will inherit a substantial finance shared services environment and play a critical role in developing and transforming the function during a major business-wide change programme.
The Opportunity
Reporting into a highly supportive Group Finance Director, you will lead a sizeable team ensuring operational excellence while driving a culture of accountability, service and continuous improvement.
Key priorities include
- Leading a finance operations function handling hundreds of millions of pounds of annual transactions and revenue.
- Driving performance, governance and service delivery across all transactional finance activities.
- Building credibility with senior stakeholders across finance, operations, technology and commercial functions.
- Leading a major finance transformation programme including new systems, process redesign and automation initiatives.
- Developing and strengthening an established management team while creating a high-performance culture.
- Delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, controls, cash collection and customer service.
- Development of all SLA and KPI's across the function and delivery of key performance information to the executive team.
Why This Role?
This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious finance operations leader who enjoys building, improving and transforming functions rather than simply maintaining the status quo.
You'll join a business that
- Is investing heavily in technology and operational improvement.
- Has senior leadership support for change and transformation.
- Offers significant autonomy and visibility across the wider organisation.
- Is experiencing strong growth and continued expansion.
- Provides the opportunity to influence business performance at scale.
- Strong bonus and benefits package with hybrid working available.
About You
We are seeking a commercially minded and resilient finance leader who can quickly establish credibility in a fast-paced environment.
You will ideally bring
- Experience leading large, multi-disciplinary finance operations or shared services teams.
- Strong expertise across AP, AR, Credit Control, Cash Management and finance governance.
- A track record of delivering operational improvement and transformational change.
- Experience leading large teams through periods of growth, change and process redesign.
- Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills.
- Professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or equivalent experience.
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Head of Finance Operations employer: Nigel Wright Recruitment
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