Head of Finance Operations County Durham Competitive Jackson Hogg are delighted to be supporting an exciting business in County Durham in their recruitment of a Head of Finance Operations to lead the finance operations function. This role is a senior leadership opportunity that offers a broad remit across finance operations, payments and banking, operational resilience, controls and transformation. With a solid background with finance technology, you will support with identifying further opportunities to simplify processes, automate activities and make effective use of emerging technologies, including AI. Duties and responsibilities * Shape and deliver finance operations strategy and operating model, ensuring it supports wider business and technology objectives. * Lead the continued optimisation of processes within the finance system, improving the use of existing functionality and identifying opportunities for further automation and technology enablement. * Simplify and standardise processes to build a scalable, efficient and resilient finance operations function. * Strengthen operational resilience through effective financial controls, governance, contingency planning and business arrangements. * Oversee key banking supplier relationships, ensuring strong service service performance, clear accountability and effective management of operational risk and resilience. * Working closely with finance systems and colleagues across finance, technology and change and transformation to deliver meaningful improvements and measurable business benefits. You will be/have; * Leadership experience within finance operations, including strong experience of payments and banking systems and processes. * A proven track record of delivering finance transformation and process optimisation, including process redesign, standardisation and the successful adoption of new systems and ways of working. * Experience designing and implementing systems, processes ad controls that support operational resilience for important business services. * Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience leading cross- functional change across finance, technology and the wider business. * Strong analytical and problem solving skills, alongside experience leading and developing high performing teams. * Experience of exploring or implementing emerging technologies, including AI, within finance operations