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My client requires an interim Accounts Payable Manager, initially to start as temp.

The key objectives for this role are:

Review current processes and documented procedures

Responsibilities:

• Manage the weekly and monthly payment runs

• Posting and clearing manually, invoices received from our suppliers

• Expenses payments & corporate card reconciliation

• Closing of the monthly ledgers

• Periodic reporting: Creditors Reports, Creditor to Balance Sheet Reconciliation

• Resolve escalated issues

• Review processes to improve efficiency and provide a better service to our suppliers, including statement reconciliations

• Regular meetings with the procurement team to build relationships and solve supplier queries

• Lead and manage the accounts payable team

Education Requirements / Skills

• Previous experience of managing an Accounts Payable Team, ideally within a large monthly invoice environment

• Microsoft Office skills with excellent Excel

• Good judgement, decision making skills and able to prioritise tasks

• Excellent communication skills – able to give accurate information, both verbally and in writing

• Able to work as part of a team and support colleagues to achieve team goals

• Self-motivated with a ‘can do’ attitude

• Commercially aware

• A clear thinker, adopting logic and structured approaches

• Attention to detail with good analytical skills

• Able to work accurately to prevent losses