Senior Accounts Payable Supervisor

My client based in Cambridge is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Clerk (Supervisor) to join them in a permanent position, based on skills and experience the salary is £35-40k + benefits, this is a hybrid role and for more details please apply.

My client is looking for an exceptional accounts payable professional to ensure the timely and accurate processing of accounts payable invoices and payment thereof. This position will co-ordinate work within the Accounts Payable team to ensure that issues are resolved in a timely fashion Become a subject matter expert in Accounts Payable processes and work with Procurement team to ensure adherence to policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prioritise and manage workloads of yourself and other Accounts Payable team members to meet conflicting priorities and key business deadlines.
• Processing purchase invoice data into accounting system, obtaining approvals and ensuring data relating to subsidiary, currency, VAT and value is captured accurately.
• Ensuring approvals for purchase order invoices are obtained prior to payment.
• Proactively resolving queries and issues relating to invoice processing with PO/invoice owners, including periodic meetings with cost centre leads and/or key buyers.
• Oversee weekly payment runs and proactively plan for critical payments.
• Conduct ledger reconciliations
• Collaborate with various departments to ensure issues solved on time and late payments avoided.
• Proactively address and resolve disputes with suppliers, demonstrating strong negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Take the lead in resolving complex invoice queries, working closely with internal and external stakeholders.
• Act as central point of expertise and escalation point for all Accounts Payable matters
• Assisting in generation of management accounting information
• Assisting with the communication and implementation of purchasing processes
• Other accounting tasks and activities as may be required from time to time.

About you

Knowledge and Skills required

• Strong leadership and motivational skills.
• Confident in challenging systems and processes.
• Experience in collaborating with non-financial areas.
• Strong prioritisation and time management abilities to meet deadlines and provide excellent customer service.
• Quick decision-making skills, adaptability, and flexibility to handle operational issues alongside other responsibilities.
• Reliable, responsible and ability to work to deadlines.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Be a great team player.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• A desire to offer the highest levels of customer satisfaction to both external and internal customers.
• Record-keeping and data management skills

Qualifications and Experience:

• Significant previous experience in Accounts Payable required
• Experience of working with ERPs is required
• Knowledge of NetSuite highly desirable but not required
• Demonstrable experience of dealing with multiple stakeholders
• Experience of team leadership would be a differentiator.