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A financial services company is looking for an Interim Head of Operations to join their business for a fixed period, to cover maternity.
Enjoying strong markets and overachieving against its targets, this is an exciting time to join the business.
The organisation harbours a commercial, yet supportive culture. People are truly at the heart of the business, they are valued and thought about.
The role will take on management responsibility for some operational teams within the business. This includes, but is not limited to, after sales, underwriting, compliance, and an administrative team.
This crucial role will work closely with the board and other functional leaders to ensure that the business meets is operational requirements and delivers for its customers and its people.
To apply to this role you should be a versatile Operations Manager/Head of Operations who has experience of managing a variety of teams within financial environments.
You should be educated to degree level or equivalent and you should have invested in your CPD and development as a leader. Project management procedural and theoretical knowledge is desirable. Experience of the financial services, insurance or similar, regulated environments which handles financial transactions is essential.
You should be available to start relatively quickly (sadly notice periods of more than one month will not be considered due to the start date soon) and you must be able to commit for a period of 12-15 months.
The successful candidate will be an exceptional manager of people, a confident and polished communicator. The successful candidate will be highly IT literate and a skilled project manager, likely to have some project management qualifications - Prince 2 for example. Perhaps most importantly, the successful candidate will be passionate about protecting, maintaining and further developing a brilliant working culture which values and develops its people. This passion should be demonstrated by successful achievements through carefully considered and progressive career development.
