Finance Manager/ Head of Finance Ops role in Bath
- Recruiter
- Hays Accountancy and Finance
- Location
- England, Somerset, Bath
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 12 Aug 2022
- Closes
- 09 Sep 2022
- Ref
- 4266041
- Contact
- Charles Maidment
- Job Title
- Finance Manager
- Category
- Digital
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
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:
Main Purpose The post has a three-fold focus:
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
- 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
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