Finance Operations Manager (Maternity Cover)

The position: Finance Operations Manager

Life at Elvie; Meaningful work, Exceptional People

We're Elvie. We create smart products, new solutions, and a fair few taboo-busting conversations while we’re at it. Founded by Tania Boler in 2013, we develop extraordinary innovations designed to improve women’s lives. It's a fascinating and challenging area that requires us to solve problems that no one else has ever tackled before.

At Elvie, you’ll be surrounded by people who want to improve everything and everyone around them. People who are passionate about our mission. People who are driven to solve problems and constantly consider the best ways to improve the health and wellbeing of women.

Find out more about life at Elvie here.

We're deeply proud of our values, which are intrinsic to the way we behave every day. We take them seriously because we want our culture to thrive:

• We make an impact: We’re mission-driven and not afraid to break boundaries. We relentlessly focus on going the extra mile to solve problems.
• We’re fearless innovators: We are passionate, curious, and data-driven. We continuously embrace change and innovation.
• We’re in it together: We fail and learn fast — always as one team — and have fun along the way. We stay authentic and embrace our differences.

Did you know?

In some regions our amazing products are considered to be medical devices. This means we maintain our Medical Device quality management system in compliance with ISO 13485:2016, to support the development of our groundbreaking products

About the role:

Okay, we’ve waffled long enough. So let’s get to the good bit: You.

As the Finance Operations Manager you’ll report into the CFO. You’ll be responsible for managing all direct cash flow activities, month end delivery of key reconciliations and all Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes.

This role will manage a team of two to ensure payments across our employees, clients and suppliers are made on a timely basis, alongside proactive management of cash collection from our customers.

Location: Hybrid working; a mix of working from our London or Bristol office & working remotely

Employment type: Temporary 12-month FTC (please note, you must have the right to work in the UK)

Requirements

What you’ll be doing at Elvie:

• Ensure the right controls are in place to set up new customers and suppliers
• Responsible for preparing and processing the weekly payment run, ensuring that the right approvals and reviews are in place
• Proactively drive cash collection by building relationships with our key customers, whilst also overseeing our credit policy, seeking approval for credit terms where necessary
• Optimise reporting and the benefit of our new P2P system to prepare aged AR and AP reporting for senior stakeholders across the business
• Support the day to day management of our bank processes including utilising any banking facilities in place
• Responsible for key balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, AR and AP
• Building strong relationships across the business to ensure that queries are proactively managed to resolution
• Day to day administration of the P2P system (Tipalti) including setting up new raisers and approvers, plus setting up limits in line with the authority matrix
• Support in providing deliverables in line with year-end audit requirements.
• Support in review of expense policy and launching new ones in line with business needs
• Process improvement across P2P, O2C and banking

What we are looking for:

• Expert in P2P and O2C processes (Tipalti)
• Familiar with banking portals and ERP platforms (NetSuite)
• Solid accounting skills and experience in preparing balance sheets reconciliations including bank, AR and AP
• Someone who communicates honestly, clearly and directly
• An uplifting leader who encourages and supports their team
• Someone who thinks big, even when budgets are small

Benefits

The benefits you’ll get:

We're on an exceptional journey. And we can offer you a genuinely purpose-led career with a culture built on trust, autonomy, and flexibility. In addition, we'll give you:

• 9 Day Fortnight - for our full time employees we work 9 days every Fortnight with every other Friday as a non-working day for you to spend as you wish!
• Lots of flexibility: whether it’s working from home, doing the school run, or life admin, we understand that flexibility is essential, and we trust you to do the right thing for you and us
• Share options: we want everyone to have a stake in our success
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• 8 extra life leave days; getting married, moving house, menopause or just things that you can’t put a label on that matter to you
• 5=10 leave: 10 days’ additional leave on your 5th and 10th years of service!
• £100 contribution to your home working set up to spend as you see fit
• An annual personal development allowance of £200 and unlimited access to our learning and development platform, Learnerbly
• Generous parental leave policies; maternity & adoption (16 weeks at full pay, then 8 weeks paid at 75% followed by 15 weeks at SMP rate.), paternity/partner (6 weeks at full pay to take at any point during the first year of your child’s life), shared parental leave
• Healthcare plans, life insurance, and an employee assistance program for you and your family
• A tax-efficient group pension scheme
• Group income protection; protect your salary if you get sick
• A free Elvie trainer for you to keep or give away when you join
• Generous employee and friends & family discounts on Elvie products
• Wellbeing support from YuLife and access to SmartHealth app with unlimited GP appointments for you and your family, plus various well-being initiatives throughout the year
• Lovely offices in great locations, with drinks and snacks provided, along with fun social events

What you can expect after you’ve applied:

A member of our recruitment team will reach out to you after they have reviewed your application. You must ensure your application is completed correctly, and we strongly encourage you to add a cover letter or note to let us know why Elvie’s the right fit for you.

We would like to get to know you through your background, attitude, experience and understand your motivation to work with us. Our interview process varies depending on the position, but it typically looks like this:

• 30-minute video call with one of our recruiters
• 45 minute video call with Heads of Programme Delivery + another product management or programme leader
• 60 minute video interview with the team
• For some positions, there may be an additional interview with one of our senior leadership team

This is undoubtedly a great time to join Elvie. You’ll have a voice, make an impact, and have the opportunity to mould your role. So be ready to learn, have fun, and be inspired by our passionate, talented team — and having a sense of humour helps too. 😉

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Belonging at Elvie

At Elvie, we believe having diverse teams in which everyone can be their authentic self is key to our success. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and we don't discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, marital status, disability or age.

If you need any support with your application, please get in contact with us: [email protected] or 0203 884 7223.