Finance Operations Manager

Finance Operations Manager
£45,000 - £50,000, Bonus, Pension plus Benefits
Birmingham

A dynamic and growing retail business is looking for an Operations focussed Finance Manager who will be reporting to the Operations Financial Controller to join their rapidly growing team. A newly created role to the business means there will a bit of evolution, which makes this an exciting time to join this progressive organisation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee all customer distributions and proactively report back to the Financial Controller.
• Attend all weekly specialist meetings for all customer distributions
• Effective planning and scheduling of each royalty payment to each client, producing timelines and impact analysis
• Conducting attentive quality assurance (QA) checks on all customer distributions
• Optimisation and streamlining of internal distribution processes, procedures and systems to ensure the team are working effectively and within a control focussed environment.
• Deputise for FD when required to discuss performance with stakeholders
• Responsible for ensuring distribution queries are responded to promptly and accurately.
• Monitor the balance sheet ensuring Royalties schedules are adhered to
• Improving the delivery and assurance processes
• Investigating and validating the reasons for discrepancies e. Volume discounts, Commission rates, bespoke manual requirements, taxes.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified with a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience
• Qualified Accountant with significant post qualification experience (3-5 years)
• Demonstrable experience in an Operational Finance Role
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, including implementing strong processes and controls
• Excellent Stakeholder Management Skills
• Project Management Experience
• Problem solver, strong team player and works well in a pressurised environment
• Confident and personal nature
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external customers