Head of Transactional Accounting

IRIS; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK software company is seeking a Head of Transactional Accounting to lead its finance operations, overseeing Accounts Payable, Receivable, Credit Control, and Billing. This impactful role involves driving operational excellence and cash performance while integrating automation and AI. Candidates should have significant leading expertise in finance functions and a degree with accounting qualifications preferred. A chance to shape finance processes in a dynamic environment is offered.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Charity / volunteering days

Income protection insurance

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Program

Private healthcare

Enhanced maternity pay

Additional discount schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading transactional finance functions.
• Proven track record of process improvement and transformation.
• Ability to operate at pace in a complex, growing organisation.

Responsibilities

• Leading large transactional finance teams across multiple locations.
• Improving customer ordering, invoicing and payment journeys.
• Driving effective credit control and cash collection performance.
• Partnering on finance systems transformation initiatives.
• Implementing process standardisation, automation and AI.

Skills

Leading transactional finance functions

People leadership skills

Process improvement

Systems change experience

Operational pace

Education

Degree qualified; ACA / ACCA / CIMA preferred

Job description

The Vacancy

About IRIS Software Group

IRIS Software Group is one of the UK's largest privately held software companies and a global provider of mission‑critical software and services. Trusted by over 100,000 organisations across 135 countries, we help customers simplify complexity, stay compliant and work with confidence.

Backed by Hg, IRIS continues to grow through innovation, investment and acquisition and transactional finance plays a vital role in that journey.

The opportunity

We're looking for a Head of Transactional Accounting to lead our end‑to‑end transactional finance operations, spanning Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit Control and Billing Operations.

This is a high‑impact leadership role, responsible for driving operational excellence, customer experience, cash performance and transformation across a large, multi‑site team. You'll also play a key role in integrating newly acquired businesses and embedding automation and AI into core finance processes.

What you'll be responsible for

• Leading large transactional finance teams across multiple locations
• Improving customer ordering, invoicing and payment journeys
• Driving effective credit control and cash collection performance
• Owning transactional finance integration for acquisitions
• Partnering on finance systems transformation initiatives
• Implementing process standardisation, automation and AI
• Overseeing AP operations, controls and KPIs
• Ensuring strong KYC and governance frameworks

What you'll bring

• Significant experience leading transactional finance functions
• Strong people leadership skills across large teams
• Proven track record of process improvement and transformation
• Experience with systems change and business integration
• Ability to operate at pace in a complex, growing organisation
• Degree qualified; accounting qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) preferred

Why join IRIS?

• Lead a critical finance function in a growing, acquisitive software group
• Opportunity to drive meaningful transformation using automation and AI
• Award‑winning employer with a strong wellbeing and inclusion culture
• Clear opportunity to shape teams, processes and customer experience

Apply now

to play a key role in transforming transactional finance at IRIS.

Please note: We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.

About IRIS

As one of the UK's largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.

IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.

Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child's school, 18 % of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50 000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21 000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.

Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers' businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.

It's vital these mission‑critical functions work first time, every time.

That's why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time - so they can focus on productivity and growth.

IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.

They enable us to be the innovative, market‑leading, and high‑performing company that we are today.

We're delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Women.

These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.

IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.

This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.

Why work for IRIS?

Generous holiday allowance

Charity / volunteering days

Income protection insurance

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Program

Private healthcare

Enhanced maternity pay

Additional discount schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Developing your career

We believe in creating a culture of engagement and reward to develop your potential and offer long‑term career success. We do this by:

Leading

Supporting our managers to be great leaders, providing inspirational management resources and offering dedicated management development training.

Excelling

Rewarding individual excellence through dedicated initiatives and Employee Awards for demonstrating our values.

Growing

Offering regular training and development programmes tailored to each employee's development needs and providing a commitment to a 'learning culture' which shares knowledge, best practice and our long‑standing expertise between employees.

Listening

We're committed to a culture of continuous improvement and listen to our employees via regular feedback sessions and employee engagement surveys.

Sharing

Our employees love the colleagues they work with. We promote a positive environment where our people feel comfortable, make friends and support each other.