Job Description | Finance Operations Manager
Department: Finance
Location: UK Based
Role: Financial Operations Manager
The Team
The team is UK based. Consisting primarily of 4 Accounts payable teams. A team of 16 in Guildford, 16 in Manchester, 7 in Scotland and 2 in Northern Ireland.
The Role
Working as a number 2 to the Finance Operations Controller (FOC). Managing the AP Supervisors, AP staff in Derry and Scotland. Liaising with the Financial controllership team, Client compliance team and Working Capital team to improve the operation processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Review of existing processes and controls to identify improvements that can be introduced to ensure financial processes and controls operate effectively and efficiently on a day to day basis
- Assisting with the Implementation and continuous improvement of quality assurance measures and ensure up to date documentation. While looking for new processes to enable finance to add value to the business.
- Managing the Accounts Payable Supervisors, ensuring sufficient resource to ensure all AP work is completed within the SLA’s.
- Assisting with recruitment where required.
- Ensuring that relevant monthly control reconciliations are completed on a timely basis and differences are investigated and resolved promptly. (eg VAT on Counsel)
- Checking, authorising and releasing bank account transaction.
- Responsible for creating and uploading daily cashflows and liaising with the Financial Control team.
- Using and developing a dialogue with stakeholders that encourages transparency and avoids "finance-speak" with non-finance staff.
- Assisting the UK Financial Controller when dealing with all Accounts Payable matters.
- Establishing an efficient and effective process for information gathering for sharing with the various stakeholders.
- Contributing to the development of a risk management process.
- Liaising with auditors with regard to queries and information requested during the interim and final audit process, along with the solicitors audits, including Scotland /Northern Ireland /Republic of Ireland along with England and Wales.
- Working with the Chrome River team to ensure that the information is complete and up to date.
- Contribute to existing projects and identify areas for future improvement/development
- Taking responsibility for completing or assisting with completion of relevant ad hoc finance queries as may occur from time to time.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Qualified Accountant —ACA, ACCA, CIMA with a few years PQE.
- Experience of 3E is desirable
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel
- Previously having worked within professional services, law firm experience desirable
- Must be self-motivated, highly organised, accurate, with strong attention to detail and be
- able to work with minimal supervision
- Hands on approach with strong work ethic
- Flexible and enthusiastic with the ability to manage own workload, priorities and deadlines.
- Can do attitude with the ability to identify and solve problems quickly
Business Services Competencies
Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.
The Competencies Are Used To Inform All Aspects Of Business Services Career Development. They Vary Across Levels And Different Business Areas And Fall Under The Following Areas
- Technical Excellence
- People and Team
- Client/Stakeholder Relationships
- Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
- Personal Effectiveness
This is the job description as constituted at present; however, the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.
When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.
We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.
Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.
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