Finance Manager P2P - Argos
Argos · London
Why join us
Joining our team at Argos as a Finance Manager - P2P means becoming a crucial player in ensuring process and control excellence throughout the end-to-end purchase to pay cycle. Through overseeing outsourced service delivery, governance, and financial controls, you will have the opportunity to drive accurate and efficient transaction processing while upholding high standards of compliance. Collaborating with diverse teams and utilising your strong understanding of purchase to pay operations, this role offers a platform for continuous improvement, strategic decision-making, and impactful contributions to our organisation's financial operations.
What you'll do
You will be accountable for ensuring process and control excellence throughout the purchase to pay cycle, overseeing supplier master data, invoicing, expense processing, payments, reconciliations, and payroll. You will monitor outsourced service delivery, governance, and financial controls to ensure accurate and efficient processing of transactions in adherence to agreed standards. Your responsibilities will include managing compliance, resolving queries or disputes, driving process and control improvements, coordinating audit requirements, and supporting the development of financial plans and budgets.
By collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, you will play a critical role in enhancing operational efficiency, risk management, and financial performance within the organisation.
Who you are
You are a seasoned professional with a strong background in end-to-end purchase to pay operations, accounting controls, and managing outsourced service delivery. Your ability to assess issues, make informed decisions, and drive process improvements while ensuring financial controls and compliance are paramount. Your clear communication skills, collaborative approach, and continuous improvement mindset enable you to build effective partnerships across various teams and deliver exceptional results in a dynamic and high-volume transactional environment.
Essential Criteria
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
- Demonstrable experience managing or overseeing end-to-end Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) operations, including accounting controls and risk management within high-volume transactional environments – ideally retail/FMCG
- Proven experience managing outsourced or third-party service providers, using service performance measures and operational insight to drive improvements in delivery and outcomes
- Ability to assess risks, make evidence-based decisions and resolve complex operational or process issues, including escalated queries
- Demonstrable experience implementing process, control or technology improvements that enhance compliance, operational efficiency or customer outcomes
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