Finance Operations Specialist

Stellantis Financial Services; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis Financial Services in Cardiff or Redhill is seeking a Finance Operations Specialist to drive treasury and reconciliation activities, ensuring robust financial controls and accurate cash management. You will work with multiple stakeholders to support business performance and continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes delivering accurate reconciliations, developing reporting and MI, and driving automation to enhance controls across Finance Operations.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified accountant status or equivalent experience.
• Experience within Finance Operations, Treasury, Reconciliations, Accounts Receivable, or a similar finance function.
• Strong experience managing complex reconciliations and financial controls.
• Knowledge of treasury operations, banking platforms, payment processing, and cash management.

Responsibilities

• Managing complex reconciliations across Finance Operations, ensuring issues are identified, investigated, and resolved within agreed timescales.
• Maintaining reconciliations across accounts including positions on balance sheets and cash.
• Supporting treasury activities including cash management, banking operations, payment processing, and funding movements.

Skills

Excel

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Automation tools

Data analysis

Education

Part-qualified accountant

Equivalant experience

Tools

Power Query

Job description

Are you an analytical finance professional with a passion for financial control, treasury operations, and continuous improvement?

We’re looking for Finance Operations Specialist to join our Finance team in Cardiff or Redhill. In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering treasury and reconciliation activities, ensuring robust financial controls, accurate cash management, and the smooth running of critical finance operations. You'll work across multiple stakeholders, helping to improve processes, manage risk, and support business performance.

What you’ll be doing

• Managing complex reconciliations across Finance Operations, ensuring issues are identified, investigated, and resolved within agreed timescales.
• Maintaining commission, debit back, manufacturer funding, accounts receivable, balance sheet, and bank reconciliations with a high level of accuracy.
• Supporting treasury activities including cash management, banking operations, payment processing, and funding movements.
• Monitoring cash positions and banking activity, escalating any unusual transactions or risks as appropriate.
• Developing reporting, dashboards, and management information to improve visibility and decision-making.
• Driving process improvements, automation opportunities, and system enhancements across Finance Operations.
• Maintaining strong controls, governance, and audit readiness across treasury and reconciliation activities.
• Supporting internal and external audits by providing documentation, evidence, and subject matter expertise.
• Acting as a technical expert and escalation point for complex treasury, banking, and reconciliation matters.
• Building strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across the wider business.

Who we’re looking for

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced finance environment and enjoys solving complex challenges.

You’ll need:

• Part-qualified accountant status or equivalent experience in a similar role.
• Experience within Finance Operations, Treasury, Reconciliations, Accounts Receivable, or a similar finance function.
• Strong experience managing complex reconciliations and financial controls.
• Knowledge of treasury operations, banking platforms, payment processing, and cash management.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong Excel skills, including data analysis, reporting, Power Query, and automation tools.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and process optimisation.
• An understanding of financial risk, governance, controls, and audit requirements.
• Play a pivotal role in safeguarding financial controls and supporting key treasury operations.
• Be recognised as a subject matter expert within Finance Operations.
• Drive meaningful change through automation, technology, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders across the business in a supportive environment.
• Develop your career with progression opportunities into roles such as Finance Operations Supervisor or Finance Operations Manager.

People are the driving force of our business; we want to work with the best to continue to be amazing. We have a range of opportunities within this role and the wider business to help you grow. From our Diversity Squad, Women of Stellantis Network, Employee Forum or becoming an Engagement Champion in your department, there is something for everyone to be involved with and help shape our company.