Subcontractor Payments Team Manager

OCU Group

  • Stockport, Greater Manchester
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 28 days ago
Subcontractor Payments Team ManagerOffice-Based – Stockport | Excellent Salary + BenefitsReady to lead a team at the heart of one of the UK’s fastest-growing infrastructure businesses?
Join OCU Group and step into a career-defining role where your expertise in CIS, leadership and innovation will shape the future of our finance operations.We’re searching for a driven, detail-focused and dynamic Subcontractor Payments Team Manager to lead a high-performing finance team responsible for subcontractor payments, CIS deductions, and group expense reimbursements. This is a key leadership role in our Finance Shared Services division – one that demands experience, autonomy, and a passion for continuous improvement.This is more than just people management – it’s about being the go-to expert for CIS, transforming processes, empowering your team, and ensuring we remain one step ahead.What You’ll Be Doing:
  • Lead & Inspire two high-performing finance teams (10+ staff) across CIS and accounts payable
  • Drive Operational Excellence – ensure timely and accurate subcontractor certificates, payments and deductions
  • Champion Compliance with HMRC CIS legislation and internal controls
  • Collaborate Across the Business – work with Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers and site teams to align finance and field ops
  • Streamline & Innovate – automate legacy processes, adopt a ‘management by exception’ model, and modernise reporting
  • Own Team Development – from onboarding to performance reviews and coaching, you’ll shape your team’s journey
  • Solve Complex Queries – be the final stop for CIS-related issues, reconciliation discrepancies, or escalations
  • Support Month-End Close with reconciliations, accruals and reporting activities
Who We’re Looking For:
  • 5+ years AP leadership experience in construction or high-volume environments
  • CIS expert with a strong grasp of what’s in/out of scope and HMRC compliance
  • Confident communicator & motivator – someone who brings people with them
  • Hands-on with systems – ideally D365 F&O and Excel-savvy
  • Solutions-focused mindset – always looking for a better way
  • Calm under pressure, excellent at managing multiple priorities
  • A true leader – someone your team trusts, respects, and learns from
About Us – Why Join OCU Group?We are a Private Equity-backed, powerhouse in the energy, utilities, and infrastructure space – and we’re just getting started.With huge growth underway, including our recent international expansion, we’re well on the way to achieving our £3 billion turnover goal. Join now and be part of our journey from local leader to global player.At OCU, our people drive our success – and we invest in them in return.What You’ll Get in Return:
  • Highly competitive salary
  • Clear progression path – grow with us
  • Autonomy and trust – we back our leaders
  • Ongoing development and learning opportunities
  • Stability and backing of a market-leading, PE-owned business
Ready to Take the Lead?This is your chance to join a thriving finance team at a company that’s going places.Apply now or reach out for a confidential chat. Your next big move starts here.Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.We believe that being successful is a choice.We choose to be successful.We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.

OCU Group