Finance Operations Manager

The Company:

Our client is amongst the UK's top 100 law firms, with over 50 partners and over 500 staff. They have achieved consistent and have grown organically. They strive to deliver an exceptional service at all times. They pride themselves on providing personal, practical and cost effective service to their clients

The Job:

We are delighted to be assisting our client with their requirement for a Finance Operations Manager in Plymouth. Working at the head of the Court of Protection Accounts Team this is a key role to ensure the overall provision of an effective and accurate, operational finance service to the Court of Protection Team.

This is an excellent opportunity if you are seeking to use your finance management experience in a highly sensitive area of law.

Your primary focus in this role will be to manage all aspects of the day-to-day COP Finance Team operations within the business. In addition, the role will contain an element of leading on an operational process, as well as supporting the processing of financial data should demand dictate.

The Court of Protection is involved when someone is assessed to lack mental capacity to make a decision for themselves. Our Court of Protection Team primarily specialises in supporting clients (adults and children) who have lost capacity as a result of a traumatic brain injury. The team currently supports in the region of 200 clients with in excess of £200m cash and investments to manage.

If you have the operational experience, and the gravitas and desire to bring about change and lead projects, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Day to day you will work with the COP Accounts Team to drive consistently high standards of accuracy and compliance whilst supervising and developing team performance. You'll use your excellent communication skills to show practical support to lawyers and empathy to clients whilst also working in the best interests of prompt cash collection.

You will also take a key role in:

• Annual performance reviews, and regular supervision and development of the team
• Identifying risks, and ensuring systems are robust
• Problem solving and supporting the remedy of complex bank reconciliation
• Suggesting and implementing efficiency improvements for the team
• Leading on projects around training and adoption across the team and wider business
• Contributing to managing the business Financial Life Cycle process policy

The Person:

For this role our client is looking for someone who is an experienced Finance Manager who is an excellent relationship builder.

With a recognised accounting qualification and post qualification management experience you'll use your proactive and organised approach to own work and work of others to support effective operational management of the team. Ideally you will have experience in a Court of Protection, Personal Injury Team or Professional Services environment however this is not an essential requirement.

You will also have:

• Proven experience of proactively supporting effective operational team management and professional development of a finance focused team
• Excellent knowledge of accounting, and banking procedures
• Excellent knowledge and experience of finance systems/software and Excel
• Superb communication skills both internally and externally facing
• A natural ability to problem solving whilst thinking strategically to process large amounts of information
• An exceptionally high standard of accuracy and attention to detail
• The ability to work effectively to deadlines, planning and prioritising proactively
• High levels of motivation, and the ability to bring out the best in others

The Salary:

£40-50,000

The Benefits:

25 days holiday Life assurance 3% / 5% pension Weekly lifestyle hour - an hour to take at your convenience (extended lunch or late start or early finish)

The Location:

Plymouth (with hybrid working_

The Hours:

Monday - Friday 36.25 hours per week.