Financial Processing Manager

Financial Processing Manager

Salary: £57,090

Location: Bedford/Hybrid

Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover) | 37 hours per week

Make a Real Impact in a Values-Led Organisation

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Financial Processing Manager to join us on a 12-month, fixed-term basis, providing maternity cover. You will lead our Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll functions. This is an excellent opportunity to take responsibility for an established function, support and develop colleagues, maintain strong financial controls and progress agreed service and process improvements to meet the organisation's changing needs.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead, manage and develop the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll teams, setting clear priorities and supporting colleagues to perform effectively.

• Ensure payroll, supplier payments, customer receipts and debt-processing activities are completed accurately and within agreed timescales.

• Maintain effective financial controls across the Financial Processing function, identifying risks and ensuring that appropriate remedial action is taken.

• Review reconciliations and ensure that issues are investigated and resolved promptly to maintain the integrity of financial information.

• Provide accurate and timely information to support monthly management reporting and year-end processes.

• Ensure relevant regulatory returns and payments are completed accurately and on time.

• Act as the main point of contact for internal and external audit queries relating to Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll.

• Work collaboratively across Finance and the wider organisation to improve processes, systems and service delivery.

• Identify and implement opportunities to increase efficiency and ensure the function continues to meet changing business needs.

What We Are Looking For

Essential

· Experience of successfully leading and developing finance teams in a busy and changing environment. · The ability to quickly understand an established function, build effective relationships and provide confident leadership from the outset.

· Strong knowledge of financial processes, reconciliation and internal controls.

· Experience of delivering accurate and timely financial information and working effectively with audit requirements.

· Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships and influence others.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

· Experience driving process improvement and organisational change.

· High level of IT literacy including finance systems and Microsoft Office.

· Evidence of continuous professional development.
Desirable

· CCAB qualified accountant.

Our Values

At bpha, our values are at the heart of everything we do:

We take responsibility: We do what we say and are accountable for our actions.

We show empathy: We respect and listen to every colleague and customer.

We are better together: We value diversity and achieve more as one team.

We are ambitious: We strive for excellence and make a positive difference.

Apply Today

This fixed-term opportunity offers the chance to make a meaningful contribution while leading an important and established function. If you are an experienced finance leader who combines strong operational delivery with effective people management, robust financial controls and a passion for continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note, applications will be reviewed as received and bpha reserves the right to close applications before the advertised closing date. Apply today to avoid disappointment.

About bpha

bpha is a leading Housing Association in the Oxford to Cambridge arc, providing high-quality, affordable homes and services. We own or manage over 19,500 properties and reinvest all income into improving homes, building new ones, and supporting communities. Our vision is to build places where people can live happily in homes they can afford, guided by value that shape everything we do.

Benefits

We believe that benefits should be more than just perks. For us, they aren't simply little extras added on at the end, they're fundamental parts of what we stand for, from the very beginning. As standard.

That's why at bpha, we reward our employees by making sure we give them a supportive and caring environment, that empowers them to be happy, healthy and inspired, every day.

Our full benefits offering can be found here: https://www.bpha.org.uk/about-us/bpha-colleague-benefits/139/