Job Description

Broster Buchanan are delighted to be exclusively partnering with a Leicester based listed organisation who are looking to recruit a Head of Transactional Finance, on an initial 6 Month Fixed Term Contract.

Reporting to the CFO, the Head of Transactional Finance will will be responsible for overseeing all aspects

of transactional finance to drive the company’s financial strategy and planning. The individual

will be responsible for assessing the financial performance of the company as well as possible

risks and investments.  

Key Duties will include:

Lead our experienced financial transactions teams including Sales Ledger, Credit Control, Purchase Ledger and revenue reconciliation, monitoring performance through KPIs and restructuring as appropriate to create a high performing team

Develop and nurture internal relationships through business partnering and identifying opportunities for greater collaboration including documentation of key processes, identification of key controls with a view to streamlining processes to improve efficiency and automation

Review key processes to identify and address efficiency gains through adoption of technology, automation or process re-engineering

Ensuring effective operation of key process controls and the removal of manual interventions and excel based trackers

Supporting the integration of acquired businesses into the Group

Providing expertise in financial transactions

To lead specific projects to improve efficiency or take a lead role in Group wide projects contributing as a senior leader and through the direct team

Engaging colleagues at all levels in the Group to encourage process consistency across the Group

Ability to lead and restructure to create a high performing team The successful Candidate will possess extensive experience of managing Transactional Finance teams, covering AP, AR, Credit Control and Revenue Recognition. They will be a Professionally Qualified individual who challenges the status-quo, and always drives improvement, efficiency and high performance. 

Our Client is offering a salary of £65,000 - £70,000 (Pro-Rata for 6 Month FTC)