Head of Shared Services

Association of International Certified Professional Accountants; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial services recruitment agency is seeking a Head of Finance Shared Services in Birmingham. This strategic role involves leading a team to ensure efficient finance transactional services combined with process excellence. Candidates should have experience managing large teams and delivering comprehensive financial services. The position offers a competitive benefits package and a hybrid work model, requiring in-office presence at least 3 days a week.

Benefits

Generous car allowance

Pension contribution

Competitive benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team of 20+ people.
• Experience in delivering transaction services across AP, AR, Cash & Banking.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure efficient and accurate finance transactional services.
• Combine process excellence with financial control.
• Lead a scalable and future-ready finance function.

Skills

People leadership

Collaboration

Process improvement

Job description

Your new company
Our client is a leading property group with a head office in Birmingham.

Your new role
The Head of Finance Shared Services is a strategic and operational leader responsible for ensuring that finance transactional services are delivered efficiently, accurately, and in line with business needs. The role combines process excellence, financial control, and people leadership to create a scalable, future-ready finance function.

What you’ll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will need to be an experienced people leader, ideally managing 20+ people, who has experience of delivering transaction services across AP, AR, Cash & Banking. You will need to be highly collaborative in your approach to working with other key stakeholders and have excellent process improvement skills.

What you’ll get in return
This is a hybrid role, which will suit someone who wants to be in the office with their team at least 3 days per week. There is a generous car allowance and pension contribution alongside a competitive benefits package.

What you need to do now
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