Finance Operations Lead – Accounts Payable & Reconciliation

Rodericks Dental Partners Group; Northampton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus Scheme

25 days leave

Personal day

Wellbeing program

Career development

UK-wide impact

Job summary

Rodericks Dental Partners is seeking a Finance Operations Team Leader in Northampton to oversee the day-to-day transactional finance function across 220+ practices. You will lead cash reconciliations, accounts payable, and employee expense payments while driving controls and continuous improvement in financial processes.

The role requires strong people management, high attention to detail, and the ability to operate across multiple platforms with integrity and discretion.

Qualifications

• Experience in a transactional finance role covering cash reconciliation, accounts payable, or similar high-volume processing environments.
• Demonstrable ability to manage and develop a small team, setting clear priorities and maintaining quality under deadline pressure.
• Strong systems aptitude - comfortable learning and operating multiple platforms simultaneously, and capable of identifying when a system or process is producing incorrect outputs.
• Exceptional attention to detail, particularly when working with high transaction volumes where errors can compound quickly.
• Highly organised with strong time management skills, able to manage daily, weekly, and monthly cycles concurrently.
• High integrity and discretion in handling sensitive financial and patient data, with a clear commitment to following controls and authorisation procedures without exception.
• Clear and confident communicator, able to work effectively with practice teams, the Operations function, suppliers, and senior finance colleagues

Responsibilities

• Lead Cash Reconciliation: Oversee weekly reviews of daily cash reconciliations across 220+ sites.
• Investigate Variance Risks: Track and resolve reconciliation differences, unbanked cash, and late banking.
• Supervise Patient Refunds: Manage the processing and accurate allocation of approximately 200 authorised refunds weekly.
• Enforce Expense Compliance: Audit Excel expense claims against company policy before processing payments.
• Manage Accounts Payable: Own the end-to-end BACS-only supplier payment process via the P2D system.
• Drive Team Performance: Manage, coach, and review two Finance Operations Assistants to meet deadlines.
• Strengthen Internal Controls: Maintain a controls log and clear process documentation for external audits.
• Improve System Processes: Identify system inefficiencies across multiple platforms to propose practical financial improvements.

Skills

Cash reconciliation

Accounts payable

High-volume processing

Team management

Internal controls

Attention to detail

Education

AAT qualification

Tools

P2D

Excel

Job description

Rodericks Dental Partners is seeking a Finance Operations Team Leader in Northampton to oversee the day-to-day transactional finance function across 220+ practices. You will lead cash reconciliations, accounts payable, and employee expense payments while driving controls and continuous improvement in financial processes.

The role requires strong people management, high attention to detail, and the ability to operate across multiple platforms with integrity and discretion.