Head of Finance Operations (AI)

Location: County Durham, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is supporting a business recruiting a Head of Finance Operations.

What you will do

• Shape and deliver the finance operations strategy and operating model.
• Optimise finance-system processes and identify opportunities for automation and technology enablement.
• Simplify and standardise processes to build a scalable, efficient, and resilient function.
• Strengthen financial controls, governance, contingency planning, and operational resilience.
• Oversee banking supplier relationships, service performance, accountability, and operational risk.
• Partner with finance systems, finance, technology, and change and transformation colleagues to deliver measurable improvements.

Requirements

• Leadership experience in finance operations, including strong experience with payments and banking systems and processes.
• A proven track record in finance transformation and process optimisation, including process redesign, standardisation, and adoption of new systems and ways of working.
• Experience designing and implementing systems, processes, and controls supporting operational resilience for important business services.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including cross-functional change leadership across finance, technology, and the wider business.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience exploring or implementing emerging technologies, including AI, within finance operations.

Culture & Benefits

• Senior leadership opportunity with a broad remit across finance operations, payments and banking, resilience, controls, and transformation.
• Focus on simplifying processes, automation, effective technology use, and measurable business benefits.