Head of Financial Transactions and Processes

This is a home-based role with the requirement to travel to the Midlands on a regular basis.

About us

Leonard Cheshire is the leader in enriching the lives of disabled people, committed to providing exceptional care and support. With a strong emphasis on quality, compassion, and professionalism, we are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of people with a disability.

About your role

This is an exciting new opportunity to shape our financial transactions and processes, improving, optimising and automating procedures to improve overall efficiency with a focus on the adoption of best practices and new technologies.

With responsibility for key transactional functions such as accounts payable, credit control, cash allocation and billing, you will ensure an effective service is delivered at all times.

Through effective leadership and development of your team, you will ensure that ongoing training and opportunities for progression are met, enhancing the skills, engagement and knowledge of team members. Working with key stakeholders across the wider organisation, you will develop effective working relationships, fully embracing a positive and collaborative way of working and taking the lead in projects as required.

As department head you will also monitor and improve financial policies / procedures and work with auditors (both internal and external) to facilitate audits and implement any recommendations made. Accountability for month end close and balance sheet reconciliations is also a requirement of the role and to oversee general ledger activities, including journal entries and account reconciliation.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have significant experience running and developing a shared service function with responsibility for key transactional ledgers.
• Have a strong background in financial management and accounting and month end close processes.
• Have broad finance experience including VAT, financial control and reporting.
• Be proficient in financial software and systems with a focus on efficiency.
• Be able to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Demonstrate excellent leadership and team management skills to mentor and coach a team with a customer focused approach.
• Have experience in managing large teams.

Please see the job description (link below) for more details.

We offer a wide range of employee rewards to include:

• Generous contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.
• 25 days holiday per year, increasing one day per year to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.
• Flexible annual leave, with the option to buy or sell (salary sacrifice).
• Private Health Insurance or Cash Health Plan membership.
• Group Income Protection Insurance.
• Access to cycle-to-work benefits (salary sacrifice).
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
• Wagestream, access earned pay before pay day (click here for more details).
• Long Service Awards and so much more!

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

* No agencies please -

Documents

• Head of Financial Transactions and Processes Job Description 2024.pdf (143.59 KB)