Role: Accounts Payable Manager
Location: Watford
Salary: £35,000 - £42,000 per annum doe (plus bonus)
Benefits: Hybrid working, excellent benefits package, including study support, generous pension, career development
Our client is a well established business who have experienced a period of growth recently. We are supporting them recruit an Accounts Payable Manager to join them on a permanent basis. Are you an experienced Accounts Payable Assistant looking to take a step up, or are you a Supervisor or Manager looking for a new challenge?
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage two direct reports, ensuring timely delivery of team tasks.
- Provide professional and timely service for all payments, including expenses.
- Maintain accurate Accounts Payable ledger and meet process deadlines.
- Support basic accounting tasks within management and financial accounting functions.
- Opportunity to progress to full accounting responsibilities.
- IT literacy with strong Excel skills.
- Excellent communication and commercial sense.
- Work under pressure with creative problem-solving.
- Operate with integrity and proactively engage with key stakeholders.
- Previous Purchase Ledger experience required.
Purchase Ledger Activities:
- Supplier payments.
- Processing manual purchase invoices.
- Processing purchase order invoices.
- Staff car payments.
- Employee expenses (in accordance with company policy).
- Maintain company credit card receipts and reconcile statements.
- Liaise with suppliers and respond to queries.
- Allocate cash accurately and in a timely manner.
Support Responsibilities:
- Manage Aged Creditors Control Account, including reconciliation.
- Responsibility for open PO accrual.
- Assist Management Accountant with month-end processes (accruals, prepayments, bank reconciliations).
Management of Direct Reports:
- Conduct weekly reviews, set targets, and define objectives.
- Review team ledgers to minimize business risk and achieve overall team goals.
Personal Specification:
- Relevant knowledge and understanding in a similar role.
- Ability to prioritize workload and multitask.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Proactive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization.
- Confident and friendly personality.
- High level of competence in Excel.
- Ability to work well under pressure.
- Self-motivated with strong attention to detail and flexibility.
Values:
- Forward Thinking: Seeks new ways to improve business performance.
- Integrity: Models honesty and reliability.
- Respect: Professional and considerate towards others.
- Smart: Shares knowledge, motivated, and enthusiastic.
- Teamwork: Values collaboration and being part of a successful team.
If this sounds like the role for you, good luck with your recruitment process! ??