Area Operations Manager (Banking)

Job Title: Area Operations Manager (Banking)
Location: Sheffield (3x days on-site per week)
Salary/Rate: £492 per day inside IR35
Start Date: 01/04/2026
Job Type: Initial contract until 30/11/2026

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Area Operations Manager to join their team in Sheffield on a hybrid basis.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
The Chief Technology Office Infrastructure organisation (CTOi) manages IT services and infrastructure critical for our clients employees and customers, such as compute platforms, storage, database, data centers, voice, video and data networks, infrastructure security, cloud hosted infrastructure, and end user services such as devices, collaboration and workspace technologies.
The CTO organisation is made up of multiple Areas. Each Area provides different products and services to meet our customer requirements and deliver objectives for the bank.
The purpose of operations management is to partner with CTOi Areas, to:
? Enable delivery of strategic objectives
? Effectively manage CTO day-to-day financial and workforce operations
? Provide robust governance and challenge to optimise customer value
? Support prioritisation to deliver against constraints and targets
The role is expected to initially support Cloud and Data Centre Services, however the individual may be required to support other CTOi areas performing similar core responsibilities based on changing requirements.

? Responsible for end-to-end ownership of Area COO activity, covering financial, workforce and third party/vendor management
? Supporting design and delivery of strategic initiatives, including development of business cases and benefit validation to support transformation
? People management and development of the Area global business management team
? Management to target of a significant annual operating plan across all countries of operation (c.65 countries), including identification and delivery of savings opportunities to meet targets
? Workforce management, from planning and forecasting, to role requisitions and off-boarding
? Rate setting, recharges and billing to recover the costs for services provided to the Bank
? Performing and supporting vendor management tasks, including risk management, operational performance, negotiations, and competitive processes (major deals, RFIs and RFPs)
? Managing purchase to pay, including third party spend approval processes, purchase order creation, and invoice approvals
? Financial reporting and generation of management information in support of decision making

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

? 5 years plus business management or relevant experience, ideally within Financial Services technology functions
? Knowledge of accounting principles and practices (qualified or part qualified preferred)
? Fluent English language required
? Business case development
? Detailed understanding of the financial and workforce planning cycle, purchase to pay processes, and cost management
? Experience with financial management tools preferred, e.g. Oracle Fusion, Apptio
? Strong stakeholder management capability and excellent communication at all levels of seniority
? Experience working with annual operations plans and multi-million dollar global programs and initiatives
? Sound knowledge and understanding of the global technology landscape and industry
? Experience of working in a diverse global team
? Proven ability to articulate complex issues concisely, suitable for all levels across the company
? Flexible and adaptable to changing activities, schedules and work loads
? Ability to work under pressure

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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