Client Details
Our client is a large, market leading and well established business. It is an employee centric business that is committed to inclusion and celebrates diversity. It offers employees opportunities to progress internally, a plethora of benefits and rewards and actively encourages employees to have a great work life balance. You will be based from the office 3 days PW, which is c. 5 miles north of Doncaster centre.
Description
You will be leading and developing the order to cash function within the finance team. Your duties will include but will not be limited to:
Drive performance across your team of 11, which includes 4 direct reports
Ensure effective risk management of outstanding customer balances
Ensure there are up-to-date process maps, policies, and knowledge documentation to support consistent and compliant O2C operations.
Embed a culture of continuous improvement by analysing current processes, identifying efficiencies, and driving adoption of standardised Group processes.
Oversee payments, deposits and customer refunds to ensure timely execution, accurate reconciliations, and adherence to required approvals and financial controls.
Set, track, and govern KPIs and SLAs, driving performance visibility and metrics awareness across the wider Shared Services organisation.
Analyse operational and financial data to identify trends, risks, and process issues, escalating or resolving them as appropriate.
Build strong, collaborative relationships with retail teams, customer escalation teams, and central administration teams to enhance understanding of end-to-end processes and
deliver effective, joined-up operations.
Work with the business to understand future payment method changes and ensure O2C processes remain robust, compliant, and fit for future business needs.
Partner with business, IT, and Change teams on projects impacting O2C, providing Finance subject-matter expertise and ensuring wider business and financial implications are understood.
Identify relevant O2C activities performed outside the team and lead the migration of this work into the O2C function to build scale, consistency, and control.
Contribute to shaping the future O2C operating model, proposing enhancements to people, process, and systems capabilities.
Partner closely with Management Accounts and Treasury to ensure clear understanding of O2C-related balance sheet positions, resolve issues, and align on future control and
reporting standards.
Profile
To apply for this position, you must:
Have a proven track record of working in order to cash, delivering process improvements within the function and managing others.
Understand the financial controls and best practices around order to cash.
Live in a commutable distance to Doncaster
Be open to a 18 month fixed term contract role, which has the potential to become permanent.Job Offer
Initially an 18 month fixed term contract, but there is the potential for the role to become permanent
c. £58,000 but salary is negotiable and dependent upon experience
2 days PW home working
Annual bonus up to c. 10%
Free on site parking
Flexible start and finish hours
Study support for an accounting or payroll related qualification, if desired
23 days holiday plus bank holidays and the option to buy 5 more
Enhanced family leave
Health cash plan
Employee assistance programme
Life assurance
Discounts with major retailers and 30% discount on products produced by the business
Electric vehicle lease scheme
Cycle to work scheme
SmartTech scheme
Salary description
£55000.00 - £60000.00 per year