Clark Recruitment, together with their Client provide this excellent opportunity. This role will run for circa 3 months.
Background: As the Financial Operations Manager, you will report to the Head of Finance. The Financial Operations team is an internal shared services provider with payroll, credit control, cash receipting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, travel and subsistence expenses delivery.
Basic Function: The Financial Operations Manager leads the functional groups within the Financial Operations team, supporting customer service goals and ensuring delivery of increased optimisation of processes.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the functional groups within the Financial Operations team including:
- payroll,
- credit control,
- cash receipting,
- accounts payable,
- accounts receivable and
- travel and subsistence expenses.
- Report on activity in each area outlined above and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Ensure delivery of customer service goals.
- Ensure delivery of increased optimisation of processes in each of the areas of responsibility.
- Ensure compliance with good corporate governance and internal control requirements.
- Coach & develop finance team members on finance processes ensuring operational excellence.
- Proactively engage and participate in the annual business planning and risk management processes and manage the implementation of the business plan to meet organisational goals and objectives
- Organise, co-ordinate and manage staff assigned in consultation with the Human Resources Department as appropriate. Responsibilities will include:
- Providing leadership, support and mentoring assigned staff.
- Helping staff to navigate through organisational change.
- Ensuring strong two-way communication with the team and with customers and promoting the development of collaborative working relationships.
- Challenge under-performance in a constructive and timely manner through the provision of relevant guidance, support, coaching and/or development programmes as appropriate.
- Support the Head of Finance in projects/assignments and/or other finance duties that may arise from time to time.
Person Specification
ESSENTIAL Qualifications
- Professional Accountancy qualification.
- Membership of a recognised professional accountancy body.
- Minimum 5 years of PQE experience
- Minimum 3 years of management experience
DESIRABLE Qualifications
- Degree in finance, business, management, leadership or a related discipline.
- Experience of managing in a Shared Service Centre
ESSENTIAL Knowledge/Skills
- Demonstrated ability to form, lead and develop high-performing teams
- Ability to take ownership of and manage and to automate and improve existing processes.
- In depth knowledge of Accounting IT systems.
- Computer literate/proficient in the use of MS Office tools.
- Strong orientation and commitment to meeting customer needs.
- An understanding of the public sector and, in particular, Public Sector governance procedures and regulations.
- Engaging and consultative leadership and change management skills.
DESIRABLE Knowledge/Skills
- Familiarity with Integra, CORE and with Crystal Reports/Business Objects.
- Experience of BI tools
Behaviour competencies
- An inspiring leader who engages others to achieve strong business results.
- Self-disciplined, organised and methodical.
- Ability to set clear standards and take a quality customer service approach to work.
- Flexible with an ability to adapt to changing requirements/priorities.
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach to work.
- A commitment to on-going personal & professional development.
- Strong strategic and operational decision making capacity with an ability to lead teams through organisational change.
Contact Máire immediately for consideration or email your CV to maire@clark.ie.
