Senior Finance Manager - Transactional Finance

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and motivate the transactional finance team, setting clear objectives and driving high performance.
• Oversee end-to-end processing across accounts payable, store cash, card settlements, ecommerce receipts and accounts receivable, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness.
• Maintain robust financial controls and reconciliations across key areas, including store cash, card receipts, payment gateways, ecommerce settlements, refunds, chargebacks and gift cards.
• Own the transactional finance month-end close, ensuring strong balance sheet integrity, accurate accruals and timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Continuously enhance financial controls, policies and procedures to support strong governance, audit readiness and compliance.
• Develop and monitor transactional finance KPIs, providing clear reporting on service levels and control performance to senior finance stakeholders.
• Contribute to wider finance and business transformation initiatives, supporting change and continuous improvement.
• Drive automation and process efficiencies to reduce manual intervention and strengthen control.
• Own and develop finance systems supporting transactional processes, driving optimisation, data integrity and effective integration with upstream and downstream systems.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex operational, supplier and customer queries, ensuring timely and effective resolution.
• Deliver a high-quality service to internal and external stakeholders interacting with finance operations.
• Partner cross-functionally with retail, ecommerce, customer service and accounting teams to improve end-to-end processes.
• Manage third-party service providers, ensuring value, performance and continuous improvement.
• Support external audits, including financial and tax, ensuring readiness and strong control evidence.

We would like to meet someone who is

• Extensive experience in a senior transactional finance, shared services or finance operations role within a high-volume environment (ideally retail or ecommerce).
• Strong technical knowledge of accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations and financial controls.
• Proven leadership experience, with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience working with finance systems and delivering system or process improvements within transactional finance environments.
• Highly analytical, with the ability to interpret large data sets and drive informed decision-making.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and challenge effectively.
• Resilient, well-organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritise and deliver in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Hybrid working, 3 days in London based office & 2 working from home
• Holiday allowance
• 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
• Pension scheme

About
At Mountain Group, we’re passionate about helping our customers enjoy the great outdoors. With a focus on sustainability, we design quality products that are made for adventure and built to last, whether it’s for hiking, running, skiing, or just exploring closer to home. As a team, we’re united by our passion for the outdoors, our commitment to exceptional customer service, and our belief in working together to achieve great things.We value individuality and teamwork, believe diversity drives innovation and success, and are committed to building an inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. Whether you’re creating an exceptional in-store experience, driving innovation behind the scenes, or shaping the future of our brand, every role plays a part in bringing Mountain Group to life. If you’re excited about adventure, retail, and making a difference, we’d love to hear from you!