Finance Shared Service Manager - Permanent - Based Outskirts of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - Hays Your new company Hays Accountancy & Finance are partnering with a rapidly growing & successful global engineering group to recruit an experienced & hands-on Finance Shared Service Manager. This permanent role will join their accounting team based on the outskirts of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire to support their ambitious growth plans. You will lead, develop and manage the accounts payable, accounts receivable and credit control teams, along with playing a key role in supporting working capital management, maintaining the integrity of the balance sheet and process improvement projects. This is a great opportunity to join a fast-paced environment, where commitment to excellence and improvement drives their success to remain at the forefront of their industry. It is essential you have experience in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Credit Control management. Your new role Your key duties will involve management, oversight and development of the Credit Control, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams. You will lead weekly debt meetings to drive efficient and effective credit control, challenging the wider business when needed. Ownership of the GRNI process, ensuring timely reconciliations are completed, supporting forecasts and analysis as required by maintaining tidy and complete accounting ledgers. You will develop an understanding of customer and supplier activity, facilitate the approval and creation of both customer and supplier accounts, along with supporting external/internal site audit processes. You will produce key balance sheet reconciliations, support month-end processing, business reporting, and lead process improvement projects. What you'll need to succeed To be considered for this fast-paced and permanent Finance Shared Service Manager role, you will need experience in a similar position, shared service experience, strong MS Excel skills, experienced in a range of financial systems, with logical thinking and excellent attention to detail. You will have experience managing and developing finance team members, with hands-on knowledge of Credit Control, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. You will be used to managing workloads to meet deadlines and have strong communication skills to build both internal/external relationships at all levels, with the ability to investigate problems and resolve queries in a timely manner. You will be adaptable to business needs and comfortable with an environment of continuous change/improvement. Ideally, you will be part-qualified/qualified in ACCA/CIMA/ACA, qualified by experience candidates will also be considered. Experience within the manufacturing or engineering sectors, along with knowledge of One Stream, Infor Visual or Siteline would be advantageous but not essential. What you'll get in return This permanent Finance Shared Service Manager role offers a salary between £50,000 - £65,000 per annum, dependable on experience, based on the outskirts of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Benefits include up to a 20 % annual bonus, 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, a contributed pension scheme, flexible working hours with an early finish on Fridays, paid volunteering time, a buy/sell holiday scheme, a 24/7 employee assistance program, and further group benefits. This is a great opportunity in a rapidly growing group where value can really be added, leading the finance transactional processes for the business. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. 4768039