Finance Manager O2C - Argos

Sainsbury's; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Argos Finance is seeking a Finance Manager for Order to Cash/Sales to Settlement to ensure process and control excellence across sales-to-settlement activities. You will oversee outsourced services and collaborate with Finance, Technology and Retail Operations to safeguard financial integrity.

You will resolve complex issues, drive continuous improvements, support planning and audits, and ensure accurate financial reporting in a high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• Professional accounting qualification with demonstrable O2C experience.
• Experience in finance operations, accounting controls and risk management in high-volume environments.
• Proven experience managing outsourced or third-party service providers and driving improvements.

Responsibilities

• Ensure process and control excellence across sales-to-settlement activities.
• Monitor outsourced services, address compliance issues, and manage controls.
• Resolve queries and disputes, coordinate audits, and support financial plans.

Skills

O2C experience

Finance operations

Outsourced services management

Stakeholder communication

Process improvement

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Job description

Why join us

Joining Argos as the Finance Manager - Order to Cash/Sales to Settlement offers a unique opportunity to drive process and control excellence in sales-to-settlement activities, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting. As a key player in overseeing outsourced services, collaborating with various departments, and driving continuous improvement initiatives, you will have a significant impact on safeguarding financial accuracy and enhancing operational efficiency. By joining our team, you will be part of a dynamic environment that values collaboration, innovation, and professional growth, empowering you to make a tangible difference in shaping the financial landscape of a leading retail organisation.

What you'll do

You will be responsible for ensuring process and control excellence across sales-to-settlement activities, overseeing the integrity of processes connecting sales, takings, and financial reporting. You will interact with multiple stakeholders across Finance, Technology, Retail Operations, and more to resolve issues, improve compliance, and drive changes that safeguard the accuracy and completeness of financial information. Your role will involve monitoring outsourced services, addressing compliance issues, managing controls, resolving queries and disputes, coordinating audits, supporting financial plans, and driving process improvements in collaboration with key stakeholders.

Who you are

You are a seasoned finance professional with a strong background in finance operations, accounting controls, and risk management within high-volume transactional processes. Your expertise in overseeing outsourced services, resolving complex queries, and driving continuous improvement enables you to ensure process and control excellence across sales-to-settlement activities. With clear communication skills and the ability to build effective partnerships, you collaborate with key stakeholders to deliver improvements, enhance compliance, and protect the accuracy of financial information. Your strategic mindset, attention to detail, and commitment to delivering results make you a valuable asset in driving operational efficiency and financial integrity within the organisation.

Essential Criteria

• Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with demonstrable O2C experience, ideally within retail/FMCG
• Demonstrable experience in finance operations, accounting controls and risk management within high-volume transactional environments
• Proven experience managing outsourced or third-party service providers, using performance measures and service data to drive service improvements
• Evidence of assessing operational or control issues, making risk-based decisions and resolving complex or escalated queries
• Ability to communicate business requirements effectively and translate them into process, control or technology improvements
• Track record of delivering process, control or compliance improvements through collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners

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