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Senior Finance Manager - Location: London Heathrow
- Job Type: Full-time, Permanent - office based
- Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 + 10% bonus
We are seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead our transactional finance, billings and treasury operations at our Heathrow offices. This role offers the opportunity to manage critical financial functions and lead a team of 13, ensuring the financial integrity and operational efficiency of our high-volume transactions. Day-to-day of the role: - Lead and develop a team across credit control, accounts payable, treasury, and billing, setting clear objectives, managing performance, and building team capabilities.
- Manage the end-to-end billing cycle to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness across a high-volume, contract-driven revenue base.
- Drive credit control performance including DSO, aged debt, collections strategy, dispute resolution, and escalation with commercial and operational stakeholders.
- Oversee the accounts payable function, including supplier relationships, payment runs, controls, and cost accuracy.
- Manage treasury operations including cash flow forecasting, daily cash management, bank payments, banking relationships, and FX management.
- Deliver robust short- and medium-term cash flow forecasts to the Finance Director and Group, with clear commentary on drivers and risks.
- Strengthen the control environment through process documentation, segregation of duties, reconciliations, and audit readiness.
- Support the implementation and embedding of Microsoft Dynamics, including process design, data migration, testing, and post-go-live stabilisation.
- Use data to identify root causes, eliminate rework, and drive measurable improvement in working capital and process efficiency.
- Partner with operations, commercial, and shared service teams to resolve issues at source.
Required Skills & Qualifications: - Qualified chartered accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with a strong post-qualified track record.
- Proven experience managing sizeable teams and developing talent.
- Substantial experience in a high-volume, transaction-heavy environment (aviation, logistics, transport, retail, FMCG, or similar).
- Strong technical grounding across billing, credit control, AP, and treasury, including cash flow forecasting and payment execution.
- Advanced data manipulation skills (Excel to a high standard; Power BI, SQL, or similar an advantage).
- Confident communicator, comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and non-finance colleagues.
- Able to commit to a fully office-based working pattern at London Heathrow.
Benefits: - Competitive salary with a 10% bonus.
- Pension, private healthcare, annual leave, on-site parking, and more.
- A key role in a major ERP transformation.
- A dynamic environment at the heart of global air cargo, working on-site alongside the operation.
To apply for this Senior Finance Manager position, please submit your CV and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are interested in this position.  |
