The purpose of this role is to assist the AP Manager and ensure the day to day delivery of the AP function. You will oversee a team of associates, around 5 in total. The role will be hands on, resolving escalated queries and managing the flow of work to ensure prompt payment of supplier invoices.
Salary 35,000 - 45,000 depending on experience, hybrid working 3 days in the office, flexibility in working hours. Other benefits include 25 days holiday plus banks, pension and private medical cover. Other benefits are available on request.
Main Duties:
- Assist the AP Manager by overseeing the day to day aspects of AP across the team of 5.
- Be the point of contact for escalated queries related to suppliers, investigating and solving issues with blocked invoices.
- Approve and release payments, ensuring accuracy at all times.
- Delegate work as required by the AP Manager.
- Following company policies, procedures and controls daily.
- Ensure internal and external stakeholders receive a great level of customer service
- Challenging the team and encouraging best practice and process improvement, work with the AP Manager to implement change.
- Ad-hoc work as requested.
- Experience managing an AP team in a high volume, fast paced environment would be preferred.
- Experience in the Law sector would be highly advantageous.
- Knowledge of VAT in various countries.
- Fluent with Excel to an intermediate level.
- Innovative and keen to improve and challenge existing processes.
- Good organisational skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise.
- Confident communicator both written and verbally.
- Performance driven and keen to exceed expectations.
- People led approach to managing a team..