Senior Finance Operations Manager

Arthur Financial have partnered with an international specialty insurer to support with their search for an experienced Senior Finance Operations Manager to join their London based Finance Operations team for an initial 12 months FTC.

The Finance Operations team sits within International Finance, who are responsible for delivering internal and external outputs to all stakeholders within a controlled framework for insurance technical, cash, credit control, treasury and accounts payable.

This person will be required to ensure the smooth running of the Treasury and Accounts Payable teams, and to support the Head of International Finance Operations. Along with that, you will drive for continuous process improvements with a focus on enhancing existing processes and controls.

Main Responsibilities

• Support the Head of International Finance Ops in embedding functional alignment and standardised Fin Ops processes across multiple locations.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders within and outside Finance.
• Treasury Management
• People Management (Treasury & Accounts Payable)
• Lead the team in London providing support across both BAU and Finance Change/Transformation initiatives.
• Ownership of the Balance Sheet reconciliations assigning to the teams.
• Support the larger inflight projects including attending meetings, reviewing process documentation and participate in training.
• Responsible for the Accounts Payable team, ensuring stakeholders are managed with timely vendor/expense reimbursement payments and the rolling out Esker Purchase Ordering.
• Responsible for the Treasury team; ensuring cash flow is efficiently managed within company guidelines including liquidity exposure limits, authority limits, banking relationships.
• Supporting the Head of International FinOps, working alongside International Finance Operations managers to develop and embed the target operating model, which includes standardising processes across the International Finance team.

Skills & Experience

• Qualified Accountant - 5+ years post qualified experience
• Multiple systems experience
• Advanced Excel
• Insurance industry experience (desirable)
• PeopleSoft GL (desirable)