Finance Operations Manager

Wakefield 45,000- 55,000 Hybrid

They don't want someone to run the process. They want someone to rebuild it.

This is a rare one. Our client, a long-established Wakefield business, isn't just looking for a safe pair of hands to keep transactional finance ticking over, they want someone who's spearheaded a system or process improvement project before and wants to do it again, on a bigger stage.

Think: legacy processes that need dragging into 2026, an appetite for automation that actually has budget behind it, and a finance function that's ready to be led rather than maintained.

You'll be:

• Leading a system and process improvement transformation across transactional finance
• Supporting management accounts and project accounts alongside the transformation work
• Working directly with senior stakeholders who actually want your opinion, not just your output
• Building something that outlasts you, processes, not just fixes

You'll need:

• Strong transactional finance background with genuine transformation or system-change experience
• The confidence to challenge "we've always done it this way"
• Comfortable balancing hands-on delivery with longer-term project ownership
• ERP/systems exposure is a strong plus

Why this one's worth your time: this is exactly the kind of role that's growing in demand as automation reshapes finance, someone has to lead that change, and right now, that's a career move, not a job title.

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