Finance Manager (Transactions).

Job Title: Finance Manager (Transactions)
Hours: Full time or part-time hours (minimum of 30 hours to be worked between 08:00-18:00 Monday – Friday)
Location: Stockport
Salary: £36,000 – £40,000 per annum pro rata depending on experience, current salary and qualifications
Permanent Opportunity

While this is not a financial reporting role, it requires a thorough understanding of the mechanics of financial accounting transactions. The ideal candidate will be a proven manager of people and teams, capable of motivating staff and driving the achievement of targets. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact by leading a team to success and ensuring operational excellence.

Accounts Payable
1. To manage the Accounts Payable Team.
2. To ensure that processes are in place to correctly record, authorise and process supplier invoices.
3. To ensure prompt payment of authorised supplier invoices within agreed terms.
4. To ensure that the accounts payable team meet month and year-end close-down deadlines.
5. To identify and implement improvements in processes and controls to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Accounts Payable function.

Income Collection/Credit Control
6. To manage the Income Collection team.
7. To develop, improve and standardise credit control, debt recovery and reporting procedures.
8. To ensure a clear policy is in place for unpaid bills with local authorities and other customers, using appropriate escalation processes, arranging meetings, using complaints procedures or initiating legal action as appropriate.
9. To engage positively with new billing and payment systems, including on-line portals. To ensure that team members receive the necessary training and support to successfully use these systems.
10. To contribute to the correct allocation of payments, in order to facilitate effective credit control and accurate reporting.
11. To supervise team members and manage their performance so as to ensure a high level of effectiveness, morale and productivity, whilst monitoring agreed KPIs

Accounts Receivable
12. To work with the Revenue Manager and the Billing Team, to understand and strengthen the processes that underpin the invoicing processes,
13. To assist with the development and implementation of process improvements to maximise efficiencies in the use of customer billing portals and automated processes.
14. To work with the Billing team in striving for compliant data and error-free invoicing and related processes.

Management of Staff
15. To motivate, coach and supervise each direct report to effectively maximise productivity, output and outcomes. To provide support and supervision for team members. To identify training needs and
development opportunities.
16. To coordinate annual leave and to deploy staff to manage peaks in workload efficiently. To work flexibly as required to achieve month end targets by ensuring all accruals, pre-payments and data entry is up to date. To assist with the annual audit programme.
17. To review the work of team members on a daily/weekly basis, set targets and monitor performance. To provide a weekly invoicing report to senior managers. To provide more in-depth reports as required.

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