Head of Financial Accounting & Operations

Working with a faith-based organisation this is an exceptional opportunity. You will be working in a highly complex shared service covering different business areas with unique challenges.

The role

The post holder will have responsibility for the following areas within the Finance Department - approx. 30 staff :

• Financial Accounting and Control - team responsible for all financial control activities, annual financial accounting and statutory reporting for the main organisation , subsidiary companies, pension schemes, and other various funds and entities, cash management, cashflow monitoring and treasury processes
• Finance Operations and Change - responsible for supporting the finance transformation programme, working across the entire Finance department
• Financial Processing - team responsible for timely and accurate processing of accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions
• Tax and Compliance - team responsible for tax reporting, strategy and advice, company secretariat and financial compliance policies

The role will involve delivering operational change projects and providing strong direction to the team. You will have oversight of the statutory reporting for the main organisation, for four multi-million pound charities, their trading subsidiaries, three multi-employer pension schemes, a common investment fund and a number of other smaller entities. You will also lead the delivery of customer-focussed, efficient transaction processing and cash management services within a robust control environment

What you need to succeed

You will be a fully qualified accountant and have be able to hold your own in a relatively demanding post from a technical perspective. You will have excellent leadership ability and be dynamic, self-motivated and be able to demonstrate the ability to deliver business process improvement and manage operational change projects. You will be passionate about delivering best practice and growing a high performing team. To succeed in this key role you will need intellectual gravitas to work across the full breadth of activities, the stamina and resilience to service a demanding governance cycle and the flexibility to respond to the unexpected. You will promote collaborative working across the Finance team and the wider department to ensure high standards of service for our customers

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