Transactional Finance Lead

Butler Rose is working alongside one of the largest Housing Associations in London and the South East to recruit a Transactional Finance Lead to support their Finance team. This is a minimum three-month temporary role, offering hybrid working and paying £40.16 per hour PAYE.Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week Working Pattern: Hybrid, with a minimum of 2 days in the office (Central London). Training/Onboarding: Required to work full-time in the office for the first two weeks during training, after which the hybrid arrangement applies.This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy finance function and play a key role in stabilising and improving transactional finance operations across Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.Responsibilities: Lead the stabilisation and improvement of AP and AR operations, including clearing outstanding postings, unreconciled items, unallocated cash and legacy backlogs. Perform root cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions to strengthen financial controls. Develop and embed process improvements, including process maps, SOPs and control frameworks to improve accuracy and efficiency. Establish operational KPIs and reporting to monitor performance and support continuous improvement. Work closely with Financial Reporting, Business Partnering and wider finance teams to embed a consistent month-end timetable and robust transactional controls. Support training, coaching and capability development across transactional finance teams. ..... full job details .....