Transactional Financial Controller

Overview

In this hybrid leadership role, you will own AP, Billing, credit control, working capital, and banking operations across the group while guiding finance system automation and transformation. You’ll lead teams in London and Porto, drive cash collection, and optimise processes end-to-end. You’ll partner with Finance leadership to ensure accurate reporting and governance, shaping scalable, tech-enabled transactional finance. This is an opportunity to influence financial efficiency at scale within a fast-growing automotive platform.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• matched pension contributions
• share options
• private healthcare
• life assurance
• learning and development budget

Responsibilities

• Manage Accounts Payable, Billing and Credit Control with performance oversight and quality control.
• Oversee banking and expense transactions, ensuring accuracy and proper controls.
• Own working capital planning and payment runs.
• Lead end-to-end Purchase Order system rollout across the business.
• Serve as escalation point for AP, Billing, and Credit Control queries.
• Drive DSO improvement and cash collection with cross-functional escalation as needed.
• Review AR ledgers for aged debt and enforce credit policy.
• Line-manage reports in Portugal & London and supervise regional activities.
• Collaborate with Director of Financial Control and Finance for reporting, audit, and governance.
• Support finance systems automation roadmap and process improvement initiatives.
• Optimise NetSuite integrations with Moss, Precoro, Abacum, Salesforce, and QV for scalability and revenue recognition.
• Lead Billing and AP process transformation focusing on automation and controls.
• Contribute to S2P rollout to improve procurement, ticketing, and expense reimbursement controls.
• Align NetSuite reporting with Abacum planning for consistent insights.
• Govern finance systems access controls, roles, and segregation of duties.
• Partner with stakeholders to support growth and operational excellence.

Key requirements

• experience managing a finance operations team
• proficiency with NetSuite, Salesforce, Moss, Precoro, Abacum
• solid grounding in financial operations and accounting principles
• problem-solving and data analysis skills
• strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• project management experience with system implementations or process improvements
• ability to prioritise multiple scopes and manage cross-border activities

• stakeholder management
• attention to detail
• proactive problem-solving
• NetSuite
• Salesforce
• Moss

…