Finance UK Outsourcing Manager (3 months contract)

JR United Kingdom; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance UK Outsourcing Manager for a 3-month contract in Peterborough. This pivotal role involves overseeing financial decision support and managing month-end processes, forecasting, and budgeting. The ideal candidate will possess strong stakeholder management skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to influence across functions. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and customer-centricity, and play a key role in shaping financial strategies that drive business success. If you are a qualified accountant with a passion for finance and a knack for problem-solving, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing month end, forecasting and budgeting processes.
• Strong business partnering and influencing skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Oversee finance team providing financial decision support to UK Partners.
• Prepare forecasts and budgets with detailed analysis and commentary.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Financial Analysis

Forecasting

Budgeting

Excel Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA)

Tools

CODA Oracle Fusion

Oracle PBCS

SmartView Reporting Tool

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Finance UK Outsourcing Manager (3 months contract), peterborough

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Client:

Travelex

Location:

peterborough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job Role: Finance UK Outsourcing Manager

Job Type: Full Time, 3 months contract

Location: Peterborough, Hybrid (3 days in the office a week)

• Oversee the finance team providing comprehensive financial decision support and a value adding MI, reporting and analysis service to the UK Partners business
• Oversee all month end, forecasting and budget activities, including aligning new processes from recent software migration, including full financial management of P&L, balance and cashflows with appropriate variance analysis
• Ensure all current processes and documented eliminating any single points of failure.
• Support the FP&A managers in providing specialist and targeted market analysis, based on global travel policies, passenger forecasts and latest business updates
• The role requires a high level of commercial awareness with ability to influence stakeholders, together with managing financial disciplines and processes. Additionally, a good level of commercial and operational experience, with an ability to influence, and co-ordinate activities across the team
• Business partnering is a key requirement for this role across functions and jurisdictions.

Key accountabilities:

• Product of regular reporting (weekly, fortnightly and monthly) to support business management including insightful commentary about business performance.
• Prepare forecasts and budgets as per Group timetables, including detail analysis and commentary.
• Understand, report and develop KPIs to provide actionable insight.
• Support new contracts and business cases as required.
• Develop sound professional working relationships with stakeholders, colleagues and business partners, building confidence and developing deep understanding of the business.
• Take the lead in discussions with Internal and External partners on routine performance reviews as well as ad hoc analysis and business cases.
• Works closely with the UK Finance team, Financial Operations and Group, in the provision of information to business colleagues.

Relationship management and communication

• Proven record of creating positive relationships across multiple jurisdictions and cultures.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders across a wide range of seniority, both internally and externally.
• Build credibility throughout the global commercial organisation as a creative and supportive function whilst maintaining Group standards on governance and control.
• Be proactive in the provision of feedback and the delivery of ideas to develop and improve solutions relating to Travelex Finance.

General

• Maintains confidentiality and observes data protection guidelines.
• Manage expenses in accordance with Company Expense Policy.
• Carries out any other reasonable duties commensurate with their capability.

Experience and personal qualities:

• Proven experience of managing and completing month end, forecasting and budgeting processes
• Strong business partnering and influencing skills in relation to stakeholder management (internal and external) and across matrix reporting lines.
• Experience of managing complex and diverse teams
• Excellent Strong excel skills along with management of large datasets.
• Problem solving skills with the ability to seek alternative solutions.
• Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team whilst meeting short and long term deadlines.
• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA)
• Experience using CODA Oracle fusion, Oracle PBCS, HsGet retrieve and SmartView reporting tool.
• Experience of finance system transformations

Why Travelex?

To remain the world’s leading foreign exchange specialist, we are focused on making our customers’ lives simpler, more engaging and hassle free while they travel or move money abroad. We promise to give them the freedom and peace of mind to explore the world, their way – enabling them to travel confidently because they know they have us to lean on.

Customer centricity and digital are at the heart of our business strategy. Our commitment to innovation has never been greater, with the development of a number of digital-first, greenfield products and services. And with the Travelex's resources, deep industry experience and leading brand we are inventing the future of FX, cross-border e-commerce and international payments.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.