Accounts Payable Manager - Gloucestershire

You will work within a high-performing, evolving finance function to lead the Accounts Payable team, with 5 reports.

Client Details

My client are a well-known energy provider in the Gloucestershire region

Description

Core responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of the purchase ledger & to be the first escalation point of contact for the team and our customers.
• Additional responsibilities include expenses, bank reconciliations and ad hoc support to the AR department.
• Managing the checking, chasing and obtaining authorisation of invoices
• Managing the team's workload of coding, batching and inputting invoices onto SAP
• Supplier account reconciliation
• Checking and authorising of payment runs - weekly and ad hoc
• Ensuring the completion of banking, raising of cheques, filing of invoices and other ad hoc duties are carried out by the team in a timely way to meet month end requirements.
• Oversee the Daily bank posting and reconciliation across all company bank accounts
• Daily bank balance reporting and internal account transfers
• Ensure the timely completion of month end bank reconciliations
• Checking for accuracy all generation Invoicing, NFPA Invoicing, Intercompany & adhoc invoicing
• Oversee the Quarterly self-billing invoices for & Intercompany Management charges
• Supervising the staff expenses and petty cash processes
• Checking monthly payroll journal for SAP upload
• General ledger account reconciliation

Other duties

• Working closely with all staff in the finance team and assisting with any ad-hoc queries as they arise
• Purchase Orders querying and education of staff outside of Finance
• Providing cover for other payment processing team leaders in their absence
• Provision of reporting documentation for individual and team performance
• Carrying out of regular 1:1 meetings and performance reviews with team.
• Any other ad-hoc duties as requested by Manager or Head of Department

Profile

Skill Set Required

• Excellent understanding of accounts and general ledger
• Good experience of expense coding & VAT
• Able to apply a logical thought process
• Adaptable and used to managing change
• Liaison with industry participants, industry bodies and external customers
• Ability to build rapport
• Confident and professional telephone manner
• Excellent attention to detail and investigative skills
• High level of numeracy, accuracy and problem-solving ability
• Good computer literacy; adept with Microsoft Office and experience of bespoke software packages
• Experience of using multiple IT systems simultaneously
• Excellent listening skills, and verbal & written communication skills
• Ability to organise workload and multiple priorities
• Common Sense and ability to work on own initiative
• Team Player

Specific Knowledge Required

• Experience in working in a busy finance department
• Experience of leading small/medium size teams
• In-depth knowledge of purchase ledger processing
• AAT qualification

Specific Knowledge Desired

• SAP processing experience
• Qualified to AAT level 4

Job Offer

This role will pay a basic salary of up to £30k.