Finance Operations Manager

Overview

Accounts Receivable and Collections

• Monitor outstanding receivables across multiple sales channels
• Manage invoicing processes for larger partners and customers
• Monitor accounts receivable ageing and follow up on overdue balances
• Coordinate with commercial and operations teams to resolve payment issues
• Maintain visibility of receivable balances and payment behaviour

Supplier Payments and Cash Disbursements

• Manage supplier payment cycles across vendors and service providers
• Ensure payments align with approved purchase orders and internal approval processes
• Maintain clear payment schedules and prioritise payment runs
• Maintain strong operational controls around payment approvals and execution

Cash Flow Forecasting and Liquidity Monitoring

• Maintaining rolling short-term cash flow forecasts
• Tracking expected inflows from collections and outflows from supplier payments
• Monitoring upcoming payroll, supplier, and operational cash requirements
• Supporting weekly cash flow updates for the finance leadership team
• Highlighting potential liquidity risks or timing mismatches between cash inflows and outflows

Spend Governance, Budget Monitoring and Expense Controls

• Monitor spending across departments against approved budgets and approvals
• Track operational spending and identify variances or unusual activity
• Support enforcement of internal financial approval processes
• Provide regular visibility into spending trends and budget utilisation
• Escalate any unapproved or unexpected spending activity

Finance Operations and Process Improvement

• Improve workflows across payments, invoicing, and collections
• Partner with Accounting to ensure operational activity is accurately reflected in financial records
• Identify opportunities to improve finance operations processes
• Support improvements in financial systems and internal workflows

Payroll and Employee Reimbursements

• Coordinating payroll processing to ensure employees are paid accurately and on time
• Maintaining payroll schedules and ensuring appropriate approvals are in place
• Managing employee reimbursement submissions and processing payments
• Ensuring payroll and reimbursement activity is properly documented and recorded