Senior Finance Manager
24 hours ago
Hounslow
We are seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead our transactional finance, billings and treasury operations at our Heathrow offices. This role offers the opportunity to manage critical financial functions and lead a team of 13, ensuring the financial integrity and operational efficiency of our high-volume transactions. • Lead and develop a team across credit control, accounts payable, treasury, and billing, setting clear objectives, managing performance, and building team capabilities., • Manage the end-to-end billing cycle to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness across a high-volume, contract-driven revenue base., • Drive credit control performance including DSO, aged debt, collections strategy, dispute resolution, and escalation with commercial and operational stakeholders., • Oversee the accounts payable function, including supplier relationships, payment runs, controls, and cost accuracy., • Manage treasury operations including cash flow forecasting, daily cash management, bank payments, banking relationships, and FX management., • Deliver robust short- and medium-term cash flow forecasts to the Finance Director and Group, with clear commentary on drivers and risks., • Strengthen the control environment through process documentation, segregation of duties, reconciliations, and audit readiness., • Support the implementation and embedding of Microsoft Dynamics, including process design, data migration, testing, and post-go-live stabilisation., • Use data to identify root causes, eliminate rework, and drive measurable improvement in working capital and process efficiency., • Partner with operations, commercial, and shared service teams to resolve issues at source., • Qualified chartered accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with a strong post-qualified track record., • Proven experience managing sizeable teams and developing talent., • Substantial experience in a high-volume, transaction-heavy environment (aviation, logistics, transport, retail, FMCG, or similar)., • Strong technical grounding across billing, credit control, AP, and treasury, including cash flow forecasting and payment execution., • Advanced data manipulation skills (Excel to a high standard; Power BI, SQL, or similar an advantage)., • Confident communicator, comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and non-finance colleagues., • Able to commit to a fully office-based working pattern at London Heathrow., • Competitive salary with a 10% bonus., • Pension, private healthcare, annual leave, on-site parking, and more., • A key role in a major ERP transformation., • A dynamic environment at the heart of global air cargo, working on-site alongside the operation. #J-18808-Ljbffr