Financial Operations Lead

Principal Accountabilities

1. Transactional Operations: Oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable processes, including invoicing, payments, and collections, ensuring accuracy and timely execution. Oversee cash and treasury operations, including bank operations transactions, payment batch reviews, and banking relationships. Oversee administrative support functions (office administration, procurement support, IT/system access requests).
2. Reconciliation & Control Oversight: Support the process of the month-end bank reconciliation process, verifying variances and resolving discrepancies. Review receivables aging reports against credit limits to manage collections risk.
3. Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop 6 direct reports, plus 2 further indirect reports (AP Analyst and Finance Ops Analyst, nested under the AP Supervisor/AR Supervisor respectively); workload allocation and performance management. Foster a collaborative and supportive team environment and provide training and development opportunities for team members.
4. Process Improvement & Systems: Assess automation opportunities and process gaps across AP, AR, cash operations, and admin, and drive streamlined, ERP-enabled processes with sufficient automated controls in place. Manage other ERP modules’ developments/tests in cooperation with the BCI – business continuous improvements - function.
5. Financial Policies and SOPs: Own and maintain finance policies and SOPs for transactional/operations processes (AP, AR, cash/treasury ops, admin), ensuring bookkeeping practices comply with accounting standards.
6. Segregation of Duties & Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with the Financial Accounting Lead and Finance Governance & Controls Lead to ensure alignment on close timelines, reporting standards, and control requirements, including both internal and external audit. Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders (Internal/ External) within the area of responsibility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field; CMA or equivalent professional certification preferred. Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in accounting and finance, with demonstrated expertise in supervising accounting teams and managing financial operations. Thorough knowledge of US GAAP standards, accounting principles, and regulatory requirements.

Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate, mentor, and develop staff. Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to interpret financial data and make informed decisions. Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.

Proven track record of implementing internal controls, improving processes, and driving operational efficiency. Experience in developing accounting policies, procedures, and SOPs, and participating in internal and external audits.