• Day‑to‑day management of Finance Office operations, ensuring efficiency and accuracy.
• Team leadership: allocating work, coaching, mentoring, and conducting performance reviews.
• Answering queries and resolving issues across finance functions, including sales ledger (SL) and purchase ledger (PL).
• Assisting with payment runs, including BACS processing, and checking financial information.
• Performing bank reconciliations and supporting balance sheet reconciliations.
• Validating and processing staff expenses in line with financial procedures.
• Assisting with pension administration.
• Supporting improvements in finance software usage.
• Updating and maintaining finance information on internal systems/intranet.
• Dealing with general queries from both internal and external contacts.
• Providing general assistance when required in the Finance Office.

• Proven experience in finance operations and team leadership.
• Strong knowledge of SL, PL, reconciliations, and payment processes.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to advise staff and external stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to problem‑solving and process improvement.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, and developing staff.
• An education background in finance or accounting would be helpful.

• January start date.
• Competitive interim rate.
• 3‑month contract with genuine potential to become permanent.
• Hybrid working available after training.
• Opportunity to lead a busy finance team and make a real impact.

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