Key Responsibilities:
As aTransactional Team Leader, you will:
- Team Management:Oversee the day-to-day activities of the transactional team, ensuring smooth and effective operations.
- Monitor Ongoing Processes:Manage key processes such as invoicing, crediting, and cash allocation to ensure accuracy and timely completion.
- Controls & Checks:Ensure regular checks and controls are maintained to uphold financial integrity.
- Unallocated Cash Reporting:Lead the reporting of unallocated cash KPIs, ensuring accurate tracking and resolution of discrepancies.
- Direct Debit Collections:Oversee and manage the direct debit collections process, ensuring successful and timely payments.
- Complex Account Reconciliations:Handle complex account reconciliations, ensuring the timely resolution of any issues.
- Bad Debt Write-Off:Manage the process of bad debt write-offs, ensuring proper approvals and documentation.
- Internal Audits:Support internal audits by ensuring all necessary documentation and processes are in place.
- Team Guidance and Support:Provide ongoing guidance and support to the team, helping them to improve performance and reach their potential.
- Process Improvements:Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement changes to streamline operations.
- Policies & Procedures:Develop and enforce departmental policies, procedures, and quality/service standards.
- Cover for Team Absences:Provide coverage for team sickness and holidays, ensuring continuity of operations.
- Month-End Deadlines:Ensure month-end deadlines are met by coordinating team activities and managing workload effectively.
- Liaise with Management:Work closely with management and wider teams to communicate progress, issues, and updates on processes.
- Ad-Hoc Duties:Perform other ad-hoc duties as requested by the line manager to support the overall department.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Proven experience in a team leader role, ideally with a Finance function.
- Strong knowledge of financial processes, including invoicing, crediting, cash allocation, account reconciliation, and direct debit collections is desired but not essential.
- A proactive approach to identifying and implementing process improvements.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams and departments.
- Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Attention to detail and the ability to work with complex data and information.
- A commitment to continuous improvement and team development.
- Hybrid Working:Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working to balance home and office life.
- On-Site Parking:Convenient parking at the office for a hassle-free commute.
- Competitive Salary:A competitive salary with additional benefits.
- Career Development:Opportunities for growth and progression within a FTSE 250 business.