Finance Operations Manager

The main responsibilities for the role holder will include:

Ensuring the Finance Operations team is appropriately resourced, with the right balance of skills and experience to provide a high level of customer service.
Management of the Finance Operations teams ensuring a full banking, payment of clients, IFAs and suppliers and premium collection service including credit cards.
Management of all operational bank accounts including the maintenance of bank mandates and internal financial authorisation matrix.
Management and control of the Group Treasury function, including review, control and release of payments from company bank accounts in accordance with the bank's policy and process, including the approval of manual payment requisitions and bank requests for information relating to sanctions.
Proactive management of staff to ensure a high level of customer service is provided internally and externally through a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, control and efficiency.
Oversight of the Reconciliation function with a full bank account reconciliation service within service level agreements.
Continuous review of the function and processes and implementation of changes.
Reporting to relevant committees and management groups.
Relationship management of key banking partners, Credit Card Acquirers, Deposit and Money Market Fund providers including supplier contract and bank charge negotiations in respect of purchases/bank charges, including active engagement with financial partners to keep abreast of changes in the industry which may affect us or bring benefits to our business.
Risk management and reporting (including CRSA), ensuring appropriate rigour and challenge.
Leading local and corporate projects relevant to Finance Operations.
Awareness of what's going on in the industry, assessing relevance for the company and promoting its implementation.
Monitoring the costs associated with the various banking relationships & credit cards and maintaining a market awareness of pricing and actively working to secure the best deal from third parties.

To ensure that this role is carried out to the desired level, the successful candidate will need the following skills and experience:

At least 5 years' experience and a strong background in payments, accounts payable operations, treasury and reconciliations, including a detailed knowledge of banking, deposit providers and money market fund operations.
Qualified in, or making significant progress towards a qualification with the CISI, ACT or similar institute with regular CPD.
Proven people management experience to manage and develop a team of c4 direct and c20 indirect reports.
A good understanding of risk management, governance and controls to ensure all Group Risk policies are implemented and followed across the teams.
Experience of leading, implementing and driving projects designed to develop the team, systems and processes.
Good relationship building skills with the ability to challenge and influence key stakeholders.
Good analytical skills and report writing skills.
Capable of working under pressure and balance conflicting priorities.
Good commercial awareness and industry knowledge.

For further information and to apply please contact: careers@ifg-ltd.com