Why join us
Joining Argos as the Finance Manager - Order to Cash/Sales to Settlement offers a unique opportunity to drive process and control excellence in sales-to-settlement activities, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting. As a key player in overseeing outsourced services, collaborating with various departments, and driving continuous improvement initiatives, you will have a significant impact on safeguarding financial accuracy and enhancing operational efficiency. By joining our team, you will be part of a dynamic environment that values collaboration, innovation, and professional growth, empowering you to make a tangible difference in shaping the financial landscape of a leading retail organisation.
What you'll do
You will be responsible for ensuring process and control excellence across sales-to-settlement activities, overseeing the integrity of processes connecting sales, takings, and financial reporting. You will interact with multiple stakeholders across Finance, Technology, Retail Operations, and more to resolve issues, improve compliance, and drive changes that safeguard the accuracy and completeness of financial information. Your role will involve monitoring outsourced services, addressing compliance issues, managing controls, resolving queries and disputes, coordinating audits, supporting financial plans, and driving process improvements in collaboration with key stakeholders.
Who you are
You are a seasoned finance professional with a strong background in finance operations, accounting controls, and risk management within high-volume transactional processes. Your expertise in overseeing outsourced services, resolving complex queries, and driving continuous improvement enables you to ensure process and control excellence across sales-to-settlement activities. With clear communication skills and the ability to build effective partnerships, you collaborate with key stakeholders to deliver improvements, enhance compliance, and protect the accuracy of financial information. Your strategic mindset, attention to detail, and commitment to delivering results make you a valuable asset in driving operational efficiency and financial integrity within the organisation.
Essential Criteria
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with demonstrable O2C experience, ideally within retail/FMCG
- Demonstrable experience in finance operations, accounting controls and risk management within high-volume transactional environments
- Proven experience managing outsourced or third-party service providers, using performance measures and service data to drive service improvements
- Evidence of assessing operational or control issues, making risk-based decisions and resolving complex or escalated queries
- Ability to communicate business requirements effectively and translate them into process, control or technology improvements
- Track record of delivering process, control or compliance improvements through collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners
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Finance Manager O2C - Argos employer: Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's in Torquay offers a vibrant work environment where teamwork and customer service are at the heart of everything we do. As a Night Shift Trading Assistant, you'll benefit from comprehensive training, opportunities for personal growth, and the chance to make a real difference in our community by ensuring our store is well-stocked and welcoming. Join us for a rewarding experience in a supportive atmosphere that values your contributions and encourages career advancement.
