Job Title:
Strategic Financial Operations Specialist
Job Description:
The Finance Manager/Strategic Financial Operations Specialist will play a key role within the finance team, supporting daily operations and contributing to the delivery of financial reporting. This role offers an exciting opportunity to help streamline processes, drive improvements, and strengthen analytics and reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
* Policies, Procedures, and Process Improvement: Assist in reviewing and updating finance policy & procedure documents using new standard templates to reflect the new Business Central ERP Finance System and scheme changes in Leap and mTicketing.
* Ticketing Operations: Support operational analysis and process documentation, contribute to reviews of key finance controls and operational KPIs, investigate and resolve transactional and system issues with stakeholders, manage or support daily banking and payment operations in mTicketing, ensuring efficiency and accuracy, prepare and execute banking transactions to Scheme Participants (Transport Operators), assist in daily working capital management and cash flow forecasting, participate in projects aimed at leveraging technology to improve operations and reporting.
* Month-End Reconciliations: Complete or review reconciliations and support variance investigation, prepare or assist with balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations, support the transition to systemised reconciliation tools and automation, collaborate with finance and operations teams to align reconciliation processes, contribute to management reporting and provide insight for decision-making.
* Additional Responsibilities: Prepare and present monthly KPI reports to stakeholders, assist in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling activities, support internal and external audit preparation, strengthen business partnering and collaboration across the department.
* Other Responsibilities: Carry out ad-hoc duties and project tasks as needed.
Requirements:
* A strong attention to detail and analytical mindset.
* Experience in policy/procedure development, reconciliations, and reporting.
* Strong process mapping or process improvement experience.
* Experience preparing management accounts and/or financial dashboards.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Benefits:
* Work from home opportunities.
Skills and Qualifications:
* Recognised accounting qualification or demonstrable experience in financial/business analysis roles.
* Excellent analytical and reporting ability, including a logical approach to problem solving.
* Proactive, collaborative, and solutions-focused attitude.