Hybrid Financial Controller: AP, Billing & Cash Flow

Carwow; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Matched pension contributions

Share options

Vitality Private Healthcare

Life Assurance

Mental wellbeing support

Enhanced holiday package

Job summary

Carwow in London is seeking a Transactional Financial Controller to lead AP, Billing and Credit control across the group, with responsibility for working capital and automation of finance systems.

This hybrid role combines hands‑on operational leadership of AP, Billing and credit control teams and processes with responsibility for driving system‑led improvement, control, and efficiency across the wider finance systems landscape along with the Finance transformation team.

Qualifications

• Experience leading AP, Billing and Credit control functions.
• Experience with finance system integrations and automation.

Responsibilities

• Full management of the Accounts Payable and Billing and Credit control functions, including team leadership, prioritisation and quality control.
• Oversight of all banking and expense transactions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and appropriate controls.
• Own working capital management, including planning and execution of payment runs.
• Implement and manage the Purchase Order (PO) system end‑to‑end, liaising with stakeholders across the business to ensure compliance and efficient processing.
• Act as the escalation point for AP, Billing and Credit control queries, both internal and external, ensuring timely and professional resolution.
• Oversee & drive DSO performance improvement, setting and monitoring cash collection targets and driving corrective action where collection is behind plan by using escalation channels with various business stakeholders
• Overseeing the review AR ledgers regularly, identifying and escalating aged debt in line with credit control policy.
• Line-manage direct reports based in Portugal & London, while providing day‑to‑day supervision and quality oversight of AP, Billing and Credit Control activity across the UK, Portugal, Germany and Spain.
• Partner with the Director of Financial Control and wider Finance team on reporting, audit requirements and process governance.

Skills

Team management

Stakeholder management

System expertise

Finance foundations

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Technical & analytical skills

AI

Communication

Project management

Prioritisation

Tools

NetSuite

Salesforce

Moss

Precoro

Abacum

Job description

Carwow in London is seeking a Transactional Financial Controller to lead AP, Billing and Credit control across the group, with responsibility for working capital and automation of finance systems.

This hybrid role combines hands‑on operational leadership of AP, Billing and credit control teams and processes with responsibility for driving system‑led improvement, control, and efficiency across the wider finance systems landscape along with the Finance transformation team.