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Head of Financial Shared Services
Posted 25 April by
Vitae Financial Recruitment Limited
Head of Financial Shared Services
Manchester (Hybrid 3 days a week in the office)
£130,000 - £140,000 + Generous Bonus
This is an exceptional opportunity to lead a significant Financial Shared Services operation for a high growth market leading listed employer of choice. The Head of Financial Shared Services will play a pivotal financial leadership role tasked with ensuring the business is in good shape to support the next phase of expansion.
We are interest in speaking with those that meet the following criteria:
* Significant previous experience of leading a large financial shared service centre (FSSC).
* An established leader with a demonstrable track record of building and developing large high performing teams with an emphasis of building a progressive and supportive working environment.
* Broad financial and systems knowledge across AP, AR, Financial Control, Reporting, Customer investment, Fixed Assets and Capex.
* Significant experience of a large ERP system ideally SAP or Oracle.
* Previous experience of change management / finance transformation is highly desirable.
* Experience within a financial controls environment and end to end process improvement within a financial shared services environment.
* Ideally you will be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
* The ability and want to take both a high-level view whilst also maintaining and understanding the detail.
Role Overview:
* Lead the people agenda, coaching and developing direct reports to build an internal talent pool for succession always championing the company's behaviours and values.
* Create and deliver clear objectives and strategy for the FSSC ensuring adequate resources and skills to achieve targets and meet SLA's.
* Deliver and manage an Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Record to Report and Payroll service to the business, which is efficient, cost effective, meets stakeholder requirements, and satisfies regulatory requirements.
* Ensure all owned business processes have fully operating controls which are evidenced and meet the Group standards.
* Continually assess and refine SLAs with key stakeholders and report against these, implementing improvements plans as necessary.
* Monitor KPIs with regular reporting and benchmarking.
* Maintain strong relationships with the wider finance, IT and commercial communities.
* Lead the FSSC finance transformation.
* Effectively manage and monitor the flow of work across the FSSC areas, re-planning and prioritising resources as necessary.
* Adapt model and processes to future shape as the Group grows both organically and inorganically.
* Ensure that appropriate risk management plans are in place across all department of FSSC.
AGY - Vitae Financial Recruitment
We Exist To Be Different - Membership NOT Registration
Manchester (Hybrid 3 days a week in the office)
£130,000 - £140,000 + Generous Bonus
This is an exceptional opportunity to lead a significant Financial Shared Services operation for a high growth market leading listed employer of choice. The Head of Financial Shared Services will play a pivotal financial leadership role tasked with ensuring the business is in good shape to support the next phase of expansion.
We are interest in speaking with those that meet the following criteria:
* Significant previous experience of leading a large financial shared service centre (FSSC).
* An established leader with a demonstrable track record of building and developing large high performing teams with an emphasis of building a progressive and supportive working environment.
* Broad financial and systems knowledge across AP, AR, Financial Control, Reporting, Customer investment, Fixed Assets and Capex.
* Significant experience of a large ERP system ideally SAP or Oracle.
* Previous experience of change management / finance transformation is highly desirable.
* Experience within a financial controls environment and end to end process improvement within a financial shared services environment.
* Ideally you will be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
* The ability and want to take both a high-level view whilst also maintaining and understanding the detail.
Role Overview:
* Lead the people agenda, coaching and developing direct reports to build an internal talent pool for succession always championing the company's behaviours and values.
* Create and deliver clear objectives and strategy for the FSSC ensuring adequate resources and skills to achieve targets and meet SLA's.
* Deliver and manage an Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Record to Report and Payroll service to the business, which is efficient, cost effective, meets stakeholder requirements, and satisfies regulatory requirements.
* Ensure all owned business processes have fully operating controls which are evidenced and meet the Group standards.
* Continually assess and refine SLAs with key stakeholders and report against these, implementing improvements plans as necessary.
* Monitor KPIs with regular reporting and benchmarking.
* Maintain strong relationships with the wider finance, IT and commercial communities.
* Lead the FSSC finance transformation.
* Effectively manage and monitor the flow of work across the FSSC areas, re-planning and prioritising resources as necessary.
* Adapt model and processes to future shape as the Group grows both organically and inorganically.
* Ensure that appropriate risk management plans are in place across all department of FSSC.
AGY - Vitae Financial Recruitment
We Exist To Be Different - Membership NOT Registration
Required skills
- Head of Financial Shared Services
Reference: 52534844
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