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Finance Manager/ Head of Finance Ops role in Bath

Employer
Hays Senior Finance
Location
Somerset, Bath, England
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
9 Sep 2022

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Sector
Education and training
Salary band
£150 - £300 per day, £300 - £450 per day
Contract type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
Where will they be working?
Hybrid - mostly home

Job Details

9 month fixed term contract as a minimum to support a project internally Hybrid role & starting ASAP


Your new role

Interim Head of Financial Operations

Responsible For:
Financial Operations Teams:

  1. Accounts Payable & Procurement
  2. Accounts Receivable & Student Funding
  3. Payroll & Pensions.


Main Purpose The post has a three-fold focus:

  1. Ensuring strong financial controls and accurate and timely collection, payment and recording of accounting transactions
  2. Managing x 3 direct reports.
  3. Supporting the teams as they transition to a new system with associated changes in processes and record keeping. (Current Head seconded full time to the project).


What you'll need to succeed

Qualifications/Experience:
Essential:

  • Demonstrable experience of managing a financial operations team or teams ideally in a hands-on way.
  • Demonstrable experience of managing accounting policies and procedures and creating and reviewing financial reports in order to ensure accurate, timely robust financial records.
  • Experience of working in a large, complex organisation or demonstrable equivalent experience.
    • Demonstrate excellent IT skills including Gmail, Word, Excel, and database and bespoke finance systems.

Desirable:

  • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CIPFA)/educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
    • To have worked in an HE sector environment
    • Knowledge of Dream and / or Tech 1 accounting system

Skills & Knowledge
Essential:

  • Demonstrable problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, adept at using discussion to reach compromise positions when conflict arises.
    • Understanding of integration of electronic processes connecting core financial systems with supporting systems

Personal Qualities:
Essential:

  • Highly self-motivated.
  • A skilled communicator who thrives in working with and developing people
  • Ability to prioritise and schedule own and team's workload in the face of conflicting demands.
  • A calm manner, able to respond to problems or issues in a pragmatic and logical way, engendering collaboration between colleagues and team building.
  • Actively creates a positive and enjoyable atmosphere in which to work.

Special Conditions: This post is for 37 hours per week.

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Company

At Hays we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years’ success under our belts and a workforce of 10,000+ people across 32 countries, we’ve evolved to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.

From CFO to Newly Qualified, we work with talented finance professionals and match them with organisations where they can achieve a lasting impact.

So much more than specialist recruiters in accounting and finance, what really sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding and our ability to meaningfully innovate for our customers. All our consultants have strong relationships across the industry and the support of our extensive global network. That’s why organisations of all types and sizes – from international blue chips to SMEs – trust us to find the people who can help transform their business.

So, whether you want something local or international, permanent, or interim, we have the breadth of coverage and the depth of understanding to help you find it.

We have specialist recruitment teams in the following areas:

  • Corporate Governance
  • Credit Control
  • Part-Qualified Accountant
  • Payroll
  • Public Practice Accounting
  • Public Services Accounting
  • Senior Finance – Qualified
  • Support, Ledgers & Bookkeeping
  • Tax & Treasury

You can rely on us to deliver today and help you plan for tomorrow

 

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