Job title – Head of Shared Services – 6 months FTC Location – London or Malvern – Hybrid Role benefits – Competitive Salary Bonus Benefits 25 holidays (plus Bank holidays) Pension Scheme, and more! Partners in Discovery. Together, we achieve more. About The Role Reporting to the CFO, you will lead the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Treasury Operations teams, ensuring there is seamless transactional finance operations across the group. This is a business-critical leadership role, responsible for enhancing financial control, optimising technology, and improving processes to support long-term growth and efficiency. There is also scope to bring other Group transactional processes into the remit of the role in the future. What you will bring to the role: Lead a global team of approximately 20 people in AP, AR, and Treasury Operations. You will set the vision, drive performance, and develop a high-performing team. You will identify and implement automation and other efficiency opportunities to further streamline finance operations, whilst ensuring controls are robust and operating effectively. You will minimise debtor days and overdue debts, whilst ensuing suppliers are paid accurately and on time. As a key business partner, and you will work with senior stakeholders and other senior finance heads to deliver transactional finance results, resolve problems, and drive financial performance. You will ensure that all financial transactions comply with internal controls, reporting standards, and regulatory requirements. You will successfully manage the month-end close processes, including transferring invoices and cash receipts to the general ledger and balance sheet reconciliations. Lead the shared services response to audit and accounting questions, concerns, and inquiries. About you: Experience leading Accounts Receivable and Payable teams in a global company Strong influencing skills, across functions, countries, and cultures Excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills Experience of leading and delivering finance change projects Experience with SAP S4 Hana would be highly beneficial Why you should join us: Be a part of an ambitious, fast-growing, international company with a friendly and inclusive culture. Drive growth within a leading global organisation whose purpose is to work with our customers, to make the world a better place Be a key member of our team in our amazing Malvern offices, with a hybrid working model Access to an onsite restaurant Gym discounts Volunteering days and much more About Us - Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics And SciAps. Together we are a powerful and highly complementary combination of market leading technologies. We are the toolmakers for the world's most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories. We are their partners in discovery. Malvern Panalytical instruments analyze the chemical, physical and structural nature of materials, from proteins to polymers and semiconductors to minerals. Our leading technologies measure particle size, shape, concentration and zeta potential, biomolecular interactions and stability, elemental concentrations and crystallographic structure. Micromeritics manufactures systems for the characterization of particles, powders, and porous materials for a wide- range of end markets including catalysts, chemicals, building materials, clean-tech and battery. Our leading technologies measure surface area, porosity, density, adsorption and particle activity. SciAps specializes in portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF), laser-based (LIBS) and near-infrared (NIR) analyzers to measure any element in any environment. SciAps is the Center of Excellence for our handheld instruments. We have a global footprint with R&D and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and Asia. We are more than 2,500 employees in a customer-focused organization with sales and service offices in 20 countries, all committed to delivering expert and responsive customer support. Part of Spectris plc, a publicly traded FTSE 250 company, Spectris combines precision with purpose, delivering progress for a more sustainable world. Precision is at the heart of what we do – our leading, high-tech instruments and software equip our customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive. Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics & SciAps Your Partners in Discovery Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps, part of the Spectris Group, are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and achieve a fulfilling career. Changing the world isn’t something you can do on your own, or with a single way of thinking; it takes a wide collection of experiences, stories, knowledge, and expertise. We encourage applications from underrepresented individuals and people with diverse backgrounds. We are an inclusive organization and we prize diversity. Your unique perspective is important to us.