Head of Transactional Finance

Head of Transactional Finance Salary:48,000-50,000 per annum Sector:Not-for-Profit Location:London, Hybrid Working Are you an experienced finance professional with a passion for driving high-quality financial operations? Do you thrive in a values-led organisation where your expertise contributes directly to supporting a meaningful social mission? A not-for-profit organisation is seeking a Head of Transactional Finance to lead its transactional finance operations, covering Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger and Payroll across multiple entities. This is a key leadership position, responsible for ensuring excellent financial control, streamlined processes, and strong, customer-focused service delivery. Responsibilities: Lead and develop the Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger and Payroll teams to ensure consistent, high-quality performance and exceptional internal customer service. Own the design and delivery of financial transaction processes, systems and reporting Review and optimise team structures and workflows, ensuring they are efficient, resilient and fit for the future. Manage financial policies and controls to ensure compliance, accuracy and operational efficiency. Oversee timely and accurate ledgers, investigating and resolving complex queries. Lead end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring compliance with HMRC requirements, pensions and statutory payments (SMP, SSP etc). Maintain strong internal controls to support accurate income collection, timely supplier payments and robust financial reporting. Build productive relationships with internal stakeholders, external funders, suppliers and operational teams. Support the production of consolidated and subsidiary year-end accounts under Charities SORP (FRS102). Oversee day-to-day cashflow management and lead the production of rolling cashflow forecasts. Essential experience: Professional accountancy qualification (CIMA / ACCA) - essential. Experience leading transactional finance teams, including driving process improvement and developing staff. Strong knowledge and hands-on experience of payroll within a large or complex organisation. Experience managing complex cashflow. Consolidation and reconciliation experience. Strong Excel skills and confidence working with large volumes of data. Experience with financial systems and accounting software The ability to handle competing priorities, tight deadlines and fast-paced workflows. TPBN1_UKTJ

Created: 2026-03-19