Accounts Payable Manager

Accounts Payable Manager

Buntingford

£37,500 - £50,000 Per Annum DOE

Working Hours: 40 hours/week (8am-5pm) ENJOY FUN -

Our client now has an opportunity for an ambitious, highly motivated Accounts Payable Manager to join their progressive and growing company.

This is a key vacancy within the finance team; the role will manage a team of 5 and will be required to implement system changes and help with end closures required for the preparation of monthly reports. This is a diverse and challenging role for the right candidate with real opportunity for them to put their own mark on the role and drive financial discipline within the operational business entities aligning to the Group’s financial vision.

* The post holder will play a key role supporting the production of monthly revenue & cost reporting and other financial information for the company by managing the transactional activities required for effective financial performance reporting.

* The role will report into the Head of finance and will support the wider finance, commercial and operational teams.

* The client has recently undertaken a transition to a new ERP system, Microsoft Business Central. The role will be working to align the new system to the Groups financial needs. Our client has also several entities operating in the UK and across EMEA & the UAE. The successful candidate will need to have extensive experience dealing with varying VAT rates, customs invoices, and compliance across countries.

Responsibilities:

• Direct Line Management of 5 staff and provide technical accounting advice and guidance on financial transactions not only to direct reports but to the operational team and develop and monitor performance metrics for the AP team.
• Ensure that compliance is being met when posting and transacting foreign invoices including customs invoices, pro-forma, and deposits for our domestic and foreign entities and coordinate timely payment runs within the team to make sure all group entities don’t miss due dates.
• Enforce AP policies, procedures and controls, handle complex reconciliations of payable accounts and raise & book all Intercompany (ICO) transactions, ensuring all deadlines and compliance is adhered to.
• The processing of personal expenses and credit cards
• Assist with audits, providing relevant documentation and support EOM procedures to ensure postings are up to date so accurate accruals can be made.
• Provide relevant AP analysis as required.
• Leveraging and supporting the recently implemented ERP system to realise financial benefits for the business which will include process improvements to resolve various transactional issues.
• Implement BACS payments across the group and across all entities.
• Implement document capture software to improve the AP function.
• Look to implement continuous improvements.

Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ transactional finance experience in medium to large organisations and advanced understanding of the AP functions within a well-known ERP system
• History of implementing change within a function you have managed and experience working across entities including foreign based ones.
• Track record of working successfully in providing financial support to both financial non-financial functions.
• Excellent at data manipulation and Excel skills; Attention to detail, take pride in the quality and accuracy of their work.
• Diligent and hard working; Confident working under pressure; Positive, can-do, no blame attitude

Additional Skills/Experience that would be highly desirable.

• Experience in Microsoft Business Central (Microsoft Dynamics), or Navision; Jet2 Reporting
• Experience of designing and implementing new reporting / management information in an efficient manner
• Dealing with German transactions
• A second language

Benefits:

• Company Pension scheme
• Social events & team building events.
• Shut down at Christmas.
• Holiday entitlement (at offer stage)

• Free On-site parking