Dutch Speaking Finance Team Leader
Nottingham • Permanent
Updated - 24/02/2009
The successful candidates will be required to undertake the following duties:-
- Manage team resources to meet and exceed targets
- Liaise with Dutch clients
- Monitor and maximise each individuals performance and to carries out monthly performance reviews
- Train and develop all staff
- Handle complex and unusual tasks, providing an escalation point for administrators
- Proactively seek to improve processes, systems etc.
- Maximise quality, performance and customer satisfaction
- Record and report performance against agreed standards
- Constantly seek ways to improve quality and standards of work and employees
- Assist Managers to lead, drive and implement projects, operational reviews and initiatives
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal departments to ensure feedback on service levels and process etc improvement
- Develop relationships with support departments to ensure the appropriate service is provided for the team
- Ensure consistency of approach across all teams and positively promote the image of the Financial Operations department
- To balance workloads and agree daily working arrangements of team (including overtime requirements)
Who we're looking for
Ideally candidates will have:-
- Fluent Dutch speaking skills
- Relevant experience of successful management of a finance team
- A real team player with a motivating and friendly manner
- High level of technical knowledge and experience of working within the area of specialisation
- Competent IT skills with a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Ability to work accurately and efficiently
- Good organisational skills with the ability to organise own and others work
- Proven ability of having to work with and understand a variety of systems and/or processes
- Strong (oral and written) communication and financial administration skills
About our client
Specsavers is the largest privately owned opticians in the world and the market leader in the UK. One in three people who wear glasses in the UK buy them from Specsavers. Run by husband and wife founders Doug and Dame Mary Perkins, Specsavers is also a success abroad, where it has more than 1000 stores in Europe, and a rapidly expanding group of 100 in Australia
Specsavers have acquired a new building in Nottingham and will be creating a Midlands hub for their UK Operations
What's on offer
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who would like to forge a long term career with a well known and respected major brand
Page Personnel Contact
For more information or to apply, phone: 0115 948 6400. Alternatively, email nottingham@pagepersonnel.co.uk, quoting Job Ref: 6003264
