Nigel Wright Recruitment
Head of Finance Operations
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Head of Finance Operations
Greater Manchester
£115 – 130k plus bonus and benefits
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Nigel Wright is partnering with a highly successful, private equity-backed organisation undergoing a significant period of growth, transformation, and systems investment. With revenues in excess of £400m and a finance operations function of more than 50 people, this is a high-profile leadership opportunity offering both strategic influence and operational ownership.
This is far more than a traditional Head of Finance Operations position. You will inherit a substantial finance shared services environment and play a critical role in developing and transforming the function during a major business-wide change programme.
The Opportunity
Reporting into a highly supportive Group Finance Director, you will lead a sizeable team ensuring operational excellence while driving a culture of accountability, service, and continuous improvement.
Key priorities include:
- Leading a finance operations function handling hundreds of millions of pounds of annual transactions and revenue.
- Driving performance, governance, and service delivery across all transactional finance activities.
- Building credibility with senior stakeholders across finance, operations, technology, and commercial functions.
- Leading a major finance transformation programme including new systems, process redesign, and automation initiatives.
- Developing and strengthening an established management team while creating a high-performance culture.
- Delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, controls, cash collection, and customer service.
- Development of all SLA and KPI’s across the function and delivery of key performance information to the executive team.
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Why This Role?
This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious finance operations leader who enjoys building, improving, and transforming functions rather than simply maintaining the status quo.
You'll join a business that:
- Is investing heavily in technology and operational improvement.
- Has senior leadership support for change and transformation.
- Offers significant autonomy and visibility across the wider organisation.
- Is experiencing strong growth and continued expansion.
- Provides the opportunity to influence business performance at scale.
- Strong bonus and benefits package with hybrid working available.
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About You
We are seeking a commercially minded and resilient finance leader who can quickly establish credibility in a fast-paced environment.
You will ideally bring:
- Experience leading large, multi-disciplinary finance operations or shared services teams.
- Strong expertise across AP, AR, Credit Control, Cash Management, and finance governance.
- A track record of delivering operational improvement and transformational change.
- Experience leading large teams through periods of growth, change, and process redesign.
- Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills.
- Professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) or equivalent experience.
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