Jackson Hogg are delighted to be supporting a major organisation on an Accounts Payable Manager position.
In your role you will be directly responsible for managing and developing a team of Accounts Payable Team Members, ensuring your team provide a first class payables service to the business and contribute to paying our supply chain on time whilst adhering to all processes and controls. You'll play a vital role in leading projects supporting our continuous improvement journey work cross functionally to deliver key P2P improvements.
What you'll be doing
As an Accounts Payable Manager, you will have the following accountabilities:
• Manage a team of Accounts Payable Team Members
• Day to day management of the Accounts Payable team, ensuring workloads are prioritised accordingly
• Recruit and provide appropriate training of staff
• Conduct 1 to 1's and Performance Development Reviews with individuals
• Coach and develop team
• Embed a culture of continuous improvement
• Lead and deliver projects supporting business goals
• Help coach and support escalated queries from the team to resolve
• Monitor KPIs & review team performance against set KPIs
• Review processes and recommend improvements / opportunities to streamline/lead change initiatives
• Liaise with external suppliers to resolve queries
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders ensuing excellent relationships are built and maintained
• Assist with half year & year-end audit requirements
• Ensure adherence to purchase ledger policy and controls and all company policies
Who we're looking for
You will have the following:
• An ability to engage and motivate people, identifying people development opportunities and coaching one to one
• A continuous improvement mindset
• Proven track record of leading and delivering projects
• Ability to identify and manage the implementation of processes
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Proven experience of building positive relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to manage own and team workloads to ensure SLAs and KPIs are achieved
• Ability to work under own initiative and prioritise tasks
• Control and compliance minded, ensuring team adhere to all company policy and processes
• IT literate with intermediate Excel skills