Find out more information about Senior Finance Manager - Finance Operations

More about the Role This is a senior leadership position within the Finance Operations team, acting as the No.2 to the Head of Finance Operations. As the Senior Finance Manager, you will provide strategic leadership across six core operational areas, driving long-term financial planning, the people agenda, and team development. You will be instrumental in executing a 3-year plan to simplify, centralise, and automate processes across onshore and offshore teams while maintaining a robust financial control framework. What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading & Developing Talent: Lead, coach, and motivate a diverse team, overseeing 18 onshore resources and 43 offshore resources across six operational areas, ensuring a strong talent pipeline and a fit-for-future structure.
• Driving Process Automation & Centralisation: Proactively lead 'Speed Up and Simplify' continuous improvement initiatives, driving centralisation and automation to enhance efficiency and optimize headcount.
• Managing Financial Operations & Income: Hold overall P&L responsibility for Gift Cards, oversight of £48m in annual Online Media Income, and balance sheet responsibility across 139 accounts.
• Delivering Operational Metrics: Ensure strict compliance with SLA deadlines, maintain credit risk controls, manage GSCOP compliance, and ensure 99% of invoices are paid to terms.
• Senior Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with Director and Executive-level stakeholders, translating complex profit and cost drivers to support key strategic and commercial decision-making.
• Risk & Policy Governance: Actively manage significant items on the Finance Risk Register and oversee the group-wide expenses and travel policy process.

More about you What We’re Looking For We need a Professionally Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA) with a proven track record of leading large finance teams and driving large-scale change within complex, fast-paced organisations.

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