Citadel Source are delighted to be partnering exclusively with a fast-growing and highly ambitious organisation to recruit a Finance Operations Manager to take ownership of a critical operational finance function. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional to join a business experiencing significant growth, where you will play a key role in ensuring operational accuracy, improving processes, and supporting scalable finance operations.
About you
You’re an organised and detail-oriented finance professional with experience across finance operations, billing, reconciliations, payroll support, or transactional finance within a fast-paced environment.
You enjoy improving processes, managing multiple priorities, and building strong working relationships across finance, operations, and commercial teams.
As a Finance Operations Manager, your role will include, but not be limited to:
- Managing key operational finance processes across billing, payments, reconciliations, and financial administration
- Ensuring accurate and timely processing of financial transactions and operational data
- Overseeing invoicing processes and resolving any related queries or discrepancies
- Supporting payroll administration and expense processing alongside outsourced providers
- Managing reconciliations across multiple systems and financial platforms
- Working closely with finance, operations, and compliance teams to ensure smooth day-to-day delivery
- Owning and improving finance operations processes to enhance efficiency, scalability, and controls
- Supporting system improvements, automation projects, and process optimisation initiatives
- Maintaining robust audit trails and ensuring compliance with internal controls and procedures
- Acting as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders regarding finance operations queries
- Supporting reporting, KPI tracking, and operational performance improvements
What the client is looking for
- Previous experience within a Finance Operations, Transactional Finance, Billing, Payroll, or Operational Finance role
- Strong understanding of financial processes, reconciliations, controls, and operational workflows
- Experience managing high-volume workloads in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Confidence managing queries and resolving issues professionally
- Systems experience across finance and operational platforms (ERP or finance systems such as Xero, Dynamics, NetSuite, or similar)
- Good Excel capability
- Experience within a fast-paced commercial or service-led environment would be highly advantageous
What the client has to offer
- Salary of £40,000 - £50,000
- Hybrid working
- Excellent exposure across finance and operations
- Opportunity to play a key role in process improvement and business growth
- A fast-paced, collaborative, and ambitious working environment
- High visibility role with strong stakeholder interaction
- Long-term progression opportunities as the business continues to grow
Sound like a good fit?
If you are interested in this position, please reach out to Harry Harvey - harry@citadelsource.com at Citadel Source.