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Head of Transactional Finance
Salary:£48,000-£50,000 per annum
Sector:Not-for-Profit
Location:London, Hybrid Working
Are you an experienced finance professional with a passion for driving high-quality financial operations? Do you thrive in a values-led organisation where your expertise contributes directly to supporting a meaningful social mission?
A not-for-profit organisation is seeking a Head of Transactional Finance to lead its transactional finance operations, covering Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger and Payroll across multiple entities.
This is a key leadership position, responsible for ensuring excellent financial control, streamlined processes, and strong, customer-focused service delivery.
Responsibilities:
* Lead and develop the Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger and Payroll teams to ensure consistent, high-quality performance and exceptional internal customer service.
* Own the design and delivery of financial transaction processes, systems and reporting
* Review and optimise team structures and workflows, ensuring they are efficient, resilient and fit for the future.
* Manage financial policies and controls to ensure compliance, accuracy and operational efficiency.
* Oversee timely and accurate ledgers, investigating and resolving complex queries.
* Lead end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring compliance with HMRC requirements, pensions and statutory payments (SMP, SSP etc).
* Maintain strong internal controls to support accurate income collection, timely supplier payments and robust financial reporting.
* Build productive relationships with internal stakeholders, external funders, suppliers and operational teams.
* Support the production of consolidated and subsidiary year-end accounts under Charities SORP (FRS102).
* Oversee day-to-day cashflow management and lead the production of rolling cashflow forecasts.
Essential experience:
* Professional accountancy qualification (CIMA / ACCA) - essential.
* Experience leading transactional finance teams, including driving process improvement and developing staff.
* Strong knowledge and hands-on experience of payroll within a large or complex organisation.
* Experience managing complex cashflow.
* Consolidation and reconciliation experience.
* Strong Excel skills and confidence working with large volumes of data. xsngvjr
* Experience with financial systems and accounting software
* The ability to handle competing priorities, tight deadlines and fast-paced workflows.