Transactional Finance Manager

Transactional Finance Manager

Location: Multi-site business Salary: £50-55k Type: Permanent

We are supporting a successful, multi-site organisation in the appointment of a Transactional Finance Manager.

This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced transactional finance professional who enjoys working in a fast paced environment, leading a team, strengthening financial controls and driving continuous improvement across core finance processes.

The Role

You will lead the Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, Credit Control and Bank/Cash functions, ensuring accurate processing, effective controls, timely cash visibility and high-quality balance sheet reconciliations.

Working closely with colleagues across Finance and the wider business, you will bring structure, ownership and continuous improvement to a high volume transactional finance environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the transactional finance team.
• Set and monitor meaningful KPIs across invoice processing, aged debt, cash allocation and bank reconciliations.
• Oversee purchase ledger processes,
• Ensure accurate coding, VAT and compliance with internal controls.
• Manage payment runs and supplier onboarding
• Oversee sales ledger, cash allocation and credit control
• Produce and monitor aged debt reporting
• Ensure appropriate credit checks.
• Oversee daily bank reconciliations.
• Own nominal ledger postings and reconciliations.
• Provide accurate inputs into cashflow forecasting.
• Maintain strong segregation of duties, approval workflows and audit trails.
• Prepare control account reconciliations, including VAT and other key balance sheet accounts.
• Support year end audit and external reporting requirements.
• Identify and implement improvements to transactional finance processes and workflows.

About You

You will be a resilient, highly organised finance leader with a strong controls mindset and the ability to work effectively in a multi-site environment.

• Experience leading and developing a transactional finance team.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Advanced Excel capability, including pivot tables, lookups and reconciliations.
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• A process-driven approach and a genuine interest in continuous improvement.
• High integrity, ownership and the ability to work independently.
• Strong experience using financial systems.

Qualifications & Experience

• AAT Level 4 qualified or qualified by experience
• Past experience in a leadership role within transactional finance or as an accounts manager