Details:
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Location: Northamptonshire
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
Transactional Finance Manager
South Northamptonshire / North Oxfordshire Border
Permanent | Full Time | Office Based
SF Recruitment are supporting a growing, multi-entity organisation in the appointment of a Head of Transactional Finance to lead their central transactional finance function.
Reporting into the Group Financial Controller, this is a key leadership position with responsibility across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing and Credit Control, alongside ownership of working capital performance and continued improvement of transactional processes.
The Role
Key responsibilities will include:
Leading and developing the transactional finance team across AP, AR, Billing and Credit Control
Ownership of end-to-end purchase-to-pay and order-to-cash processes
Driving cash collection, debtor performance and effective working capital management
Overseeing supplier payments, customer billing and cash allocation
Strengthening financial controls, payment processes and governance
Monitoring aged debtors and creditors and identifying areas requiring action
Driving process improvement, standardisation and automation
Improving efficiency and accuracy across transactional finance
Working closely with operational and finance stakeholders across the wider business
Developing the team and creating clear accountability and performance standards
The Candidate
We're looking for an experienced Transactional Finance Manager / Head of Transactional Finance with a strong background across AP, AR, Credit Control and Billing.
You'll need proven people-management experience alongside a strong understanding of working capital, cash collection and financial controls.
Experience within a multi-entity, Group or shared-service environment would be particularly advantageous, as would evidence of improving processes, implementing controls and driving greater efficiency through systems and automation.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys combining people leadership with hands-on operational improvement and wants to take ownership of a broad transactional finance function within a growing organisation