Finance Team Lead

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies. Job Title: Finance Team Lead - R2R Location: Cambridge (hybrid) Employment Type: Full time The job To lead the Regional Shared Service Centre, Record to Report function. Proactively manage and drive high-performing, standardised service delivery ensuring effective controls resulting in strong customer service. To support the implementation of programmes of continuous improvement within finance. Key accountabilities and decision ownership: Manage a high performing small team optimising performance and commitment by setting goals and agreeing objectives Supporting the adaptability and flexibility of workload and team movements to facilitate high levels of customer service across the SSC managing working hours where required to cover Regional time zones Maintain close relationships with customer/stakeholder groups, monitoring and seeking feedback on team performance, providing resolution of issues and agreeing improvement plans as required. Support and input to a programme of continuous improvement delivery so that best practice is embedded, and efficiencies are delivered. Manage the performance of the R2R function ensuring that processes are standardised, documented and that KPIs are used to demonstrate delivery with service levels being met or exceeded Ensure all policy and legal requirements are adhered to by operating within a framework of compliance, which protects customers and the team and minimises risk to the business Ensure the integrity of financial records for all relevant entities, raising issues where there is any deviation Team activities include: providing financial, regulatory and tax information. responsibility will be timely, effective and efficient processing of general ledger-related transactions including fixed assets and journal entries. reconciliation of general ledger accounts and subledgers and performing period end closing activities including accruals, revenue recognition and reporting and essential controlling and bank activities. Skills, know-how and experience: Must have: Strong sense of integrity always does the right thing and encourages others to behave in the same way. Good understanding of finance systems Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to manage a team. Able to operate comfortably at a detailed as well as a Managerial level. Strong experience of understanding and interpreting control and operational risk Preferred: Experience of an SSC environment Experience in managing a team preferably in a shared services environment Additional language skills Technical / professional qualifications: Accounting or Business Administration qualifications Strong MS Office, Excel and Oracle knowledge as well as experience in the Business and Accounting systems used in the function. Direct reports: Direct Reports: Team of up to 10 Team members Key Stakeholders: Record to Report Regional Process Owner Regional finance team Commercial / Sales team Internal Audit Service Management UK Benefits include: Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program. It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive. Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/benefits/ Hybrid working By default, employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week, but some positions are fully office-based. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote. Hiring process Interested? Great! 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