Finance Manager (Financial Operations & Efficiency)

SLS Alliance is looking for a Finance Manager (Financial Operations & Efficiency) to strengthen financial operations and improve efficiency across our international business. This is a hands-on role for a proactive finance professional who combines strong financial expertise with a business-oriented, digital-first mindset.
You will be responsible for managing cash flow, coordinating payment planning and prioritization, controlling expenses, and ensuring accurate financial reporting across multiple companies and projects. A key part of your role will be identifying inefficiencies, optimizing financial processes, and introducing automation to improve accuracy, transparency, and operational efficiency.
This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys working in a dynamic environment, takes initiative, and wants to make a measurable impact by building efficient and scalable financial processes within an international engineering, manufacturing, and technology business.

Main Objectives

• Optimize financial efficiency and cost control by identifying opportunities to reduce expenses and improve resource allocation.
• Manage payment requests and priorities to ensure timely payments and effective financial coordination.
• Ensure effective cash flow management through accurate planning, monitoring, and liquidity control.
• Provide accurate and timely financial reporting to support transparency and informed business decisions.
• Improve and automate financial processes to increase efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across companies and projects.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in financial operations, financial management, or a similar role.
• Hands- on experience in cash flow management, payment planning, prioritization, and liquidity control.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, including Cash Flow, P&L, and Plan vs. Actual analysis.
• Experience in expense control, cost optimization, and financial efficiency analysis.
• Practical experience managing accounts receivable, accounts payable, outstanding invoices, and finncial reconciliations.
• Experience working with multiple legal entities, projects, and currencies.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and financial models.
• Proficiency in financial and operational systems (ERP, 1C, Jira, Google Sheets, or similar), with a digital-first mindset and the ability to quickly adapt to new tools and technologies.
• Ability to improve and automate financial processes and work effectively with digital tools.
• Strong analytical skills, financial accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to independently prioritize tasks.
• Proactive, business-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership and focus on results.
• Working proficiency in English, Russian, and Ukrainian.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage incoming payment requests, set priorities, and coordinate timely payment execution.
• Maintain payment schedules, monitor cash flow, and support effective liquidity management.
• Monitor company expenses, identify opportunities for cost reduction, and improve financial efficiency.
• Prepare and maintain financial reports, including Cash Flow, P&L, and Plan vs. Actual.
• Monitor accounts receivable, accounts payable, overdue payments, and outstanding invoices.
• Track financial balances and cash movements across multiple companies, projects, and currencies.
• Coordinate with accounting teams to ensure accurate payment records, reconciliations, and financial data.
• Analyze financial performance, identify inefficiencies, and propose practical improvements.
• Optimize and automate financial workflows, reporting, and payment management processes.
• Ensure financial information is accurate, up to date, and available for management decision-making.

Opportunities

• Hybrid work format available, with the option to work from one of our offices in Kyiv or Warsaw.
• Competitive base salary, complemented by an internal motivation program.
• An opportunity to take ownership of financial operations and directly influence business efficiency.
• A hands-on role with the freedom to improve existing processes and introduce practical solutions.
• Exposure to international financial operations across multiple companies, projects, and currencies.
• Collaboration with finance, accounting, operations, and management teams.

If you are a proactive, detail-oriented finance professional who enjoys optimizing processes, improving financial efficiency, and taking ownership of results, we’d love to hear from you. Join SLS Alliance and help build smarter, more efficient financial operations in a growing international business.