Assistant Finance Operations Manager

1. Transactional Finance Operations

• Supervise day-to-day AP and AR activities, including invoice checks, supplier payments, customer receipts, and cash application.
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of transactions as per agreed SLAs.
• Track ageing schedules, remaining balances, unallocated funds, and follow-up actions.
• Oversee Premium Credit Limited (PCL) workflows, ensuring agreement compliance, reconciliations, and correct reporting.

2. Financial Controls & Compliance

• Maintain robust financial  controls across transactional workflows, ensuring compliance with approval levels and segregation of duties.
• Support internal and external audits by providing required documentation, explanations, and follow-up actions.
• Perform periodic checks on supplier and customer master records to ensure accuracy and completeness.

3. Reconciliations & Data Accuracy

• Assist in preparing and reviewing reconciliations covering AP, AR, PCL, premium transfers, cash ledgers, and control accounts.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies, escalating issues promptly while ensuring long-term solutions.
• Work closely with Controllership and FP&A teams to ensure month-end data is accurate and complete.

4. Leadership & Team Oversight

• Oversee day-to-day work of the transactional finance team by offering coaching, training, and performance monitoring.
• Assign tasks effectively to maintain productivity, precision, and adherence to timelines.
• Promote a culture of ownership, clear communication, and continuous development.
• Serve as an escalation contact for difficult transactional queries from internal teams or external stakeholders.
  

5. Month-End Close Support

• Contribute to month-end closure, including transaction cut offs, reconciliations, journals, and reporting work.
• Verify that AP, AR, and cash-related entries are complete and accurate prior to closing the ledger
• Work with other finance teams to resolve issues, variances, or necessary adjustments.

6. Process Improvement & Systems Development

• Spot opportunities to automate and improve manual processes to reduce errors and enhance efficiency.
• Support new system rollouts, module implementations, and process enhancements while ensuring effective team adoption.
• Maintain up-to-date SOPs and process documentation.
  Lead or support ongoing finance improvement projects.

Requirements

• At least 5 years experience in AP, AR, or other transactional finance roles, with a minimum of 2 years in a senior or supervisory capacity.
• Strong understanding of AP/AR end-to-end processes, cash application, reconciliations, and control procedures.
• Demonstrated experience supervising or guiding finance teams, preferably in shared-service or cross-border environments.
• High accuracy levels, strong analytical skills, and ability to determine root causes of issues.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage professional interactions with UK stakeholders and external partners.
• Strong proficiency in ERP/finance systems and advanced Excel (including v-lookup, pivot tables, data validation).
• Capability to prioritise tasks and meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  
  Desirable Competencies
  
  
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or similar disciplines.
• Experience within Financial Services, ideally insurance or intermediary/broker settings.
• Familiarity with UK finance processes, tax, premium financing, or regulated industry environments.
• Experience supporting system rollouts or process transition initiatives.
• Knowledge of Premium Credit Limited (PCL) or similar premium finance operations.