Key Notes
Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Finance Systems and Cashbook sit under this six-month interim leadership appointment in Edinburgh. The remit combines operational controls, systems ownership, improvement work and a structured handover. Advertised salary is £75,000–£80,000 on an annual basis plus bonus. Short-notice availability is listed, and hybrid working requires at least 60% office attendance over twelve weeks.
What You'll Work On
- Lead Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Finance Systems and Cashbook teams, setting objectives, balancing capacity and developing team members.
- Manage invoices, payments, collections and reconciliations while maintaining financial governance, segregation of duties and payment-authorisation controls.
- Monitor working-capital indicators, aged debt and debtor days, providing regular analysis to the Group Financial Controller.
- Oversee bank and cash reconciliation across entities and currencies and own operational-finance delivery through month-end close and audit.
- Improve finance processes through automation and coordinate systems changes with Technology and the Finance transformation roadmap.
Why This Role Matters
- Trainline’s invoices, collections, payments and cash reconciliations rely on AP/AR supervision and payment controls for accurate, on-time processing across entities and currencies.
- Month-end ledgers, audit evidence and working-capital reporting use timely closes, reconciliations and aged-debt analysis to provide the Group Financial Controller with a current finance position.
What They Are Looking For
- Experience: Relevant experience includes substantial operational-finance management, ideally spanning Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and finance systems.
- Domain: Relevant domain knowledge includes credit control, working-capital management, financial controls and end-to-end transactional finance.
- Technical: Relevant technical skills include ERP experience, ideally Microsoft Dynamics 365 or a comparable platform.
- Experience: Relevant experience includes finance-team leadership and delivery of process automation or efficiency improvements.
- Stakeholder: Relevant stakeholder skills include effective partnership with Finance, Technology and senior business leadership, including SLA management.