Finance Team Lead – Record to Report (R2R)

About the role

AVEVA is seeking a Finance Team Lead for its Record‑to‑Report (R2R) function in Cambridge. The role will lead a small, high‑performing team, ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance and continuous improvement across the shared services centre.

Key responsibilities

• Manage a team of up to 10 professionals, set goals, monitor performance and drive commitment.
• Oversee R2R processes, ensuring standardised procedures, documentation and KPI‑based service delivery.
• Maintain compliance with policy, legal and regulatory requirements, protecting customers and minimizing risk.
• Supervise general ledger activities including journal entries, fixed assets, reconciliations, period‑end closing, accruals, revenue recognition and reporting.
• Coordinate with regional finance owners, commercial teams, internal audit and service management to deliver high‑quality customer service.
• Lead continuous‑improvement initiatives to embed best practices and achieve efficiency gains.

Required profile

• Strong sense of integrity and ability to act as a role model.
• Proven experience managing a finance team, preferably in a shared services or SSC environment.
• Good understanding of finance systems and ability to interpret control and operational risk.
• Relevant accounting or business administration qualifications.

Required skills

• MS Office
• Excel
• Oracle