# Finance Operations Manager

**Company**: Howden
**Location**: Milton Keynes
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.

The Finance Operations Manager is responsible for delivering efficient, controlled and scalable transactional finance services across Accounts Payable, Employee Expenses and Corporate Cards.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Operational Leadership**

- Manage end-to-end Accounts Payable operations.

- Oversee employee expense and corporate card programmes.

- Ensure invoices, expenses and supplier payments are processed within agreed SLAs.

- Monitor operational performance against KPIs.

**Team Management**

- Lead, develop and coach Finance Operations team members.

- Engage with offshore teams for systems & matrix management.

- Build capability through training, performance management and continuous improvement.

**Controls & Compliance**

- Maintain robust financial controls and segregation of duties.

- Ensure compliance with company policy, audit requirements and regulatory obligations.

- Support internal and external audits by providing required documentation and insights.

**Supplier & Stakeholder Management**

- Act as escalation point for supplier and stakeholder queries.

- Develop strong relationships with Procurement, Treasury, Finance and business leaders.

- Drive supplier service improvements.

**Process Improvement**

- Lead automation initiatives including AP workflow and invoice processing technologies.

- Identify opportunities to reduce manual activity.

**Reporting & Analytics**

- Produce operational KPI reporting.

- Monitor processing volumes, cycle times, compliance metrics and ageing.

- Use data to identify improvement opportunities and capacity requirements.

**Experience & Qualifications:**

**Essential**

- 5+ years' experience in Finance Operations, Accounts Payable or Shared Services.

- Experience leading finance operations teams.

- Strong understanding of AP controls and governance.

- Experience managing high-volume transactional environments.

- Advanced Excel skills.

- High attention to detail and accuracy.

- Experience using ERP systems and finance technology platforms.

**Desirable**

- AAT, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification.

- Experience of offshore or shared services operating models.

- Experience with Unit4, Kanbina, Emburse, Concur, Coupa, SAP, Oracle or similar platforms.

- Experience leading transformation or automation programmes.

**What do we offer in return?** A career that you define. Our business succeeds by allowing our people to make a mark in the areas they care about most: personal development, volunteering, and fundraising for charity, or creating new insurance products that address society’s greatest challenges.

## Skills

### Required
- Accounts Payable
- Employee Expenses
- Corporate Cards
- Financial Controls
- Team Management
- Process Improvement
- Reporting & Analytics
- ERP systems
- Excel

### Nice to have
- AAT
- ACCA
- CIMA
- Unit4
- Kanbina
- Emburse
- Concur
- Coupa
- SAP
- Oracle

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