We are seeking an Accounts Payable (AP) Manager to oversee a dispersed, home-based team supporting multiple entities across EMEI (Europe, Middle East, and India). This pivotal role offers the chance to drive excellence in AP and expense processes within a robust operating framework, ensuring timely payments, stakeholder satisfaction, and continuous improvement.
In this role, you will be responsible for managing a motivated, remote team, optimizing processes, and maintaining strong stakeholder and supplier relationships. Your leadership will directly influence the efficiency and accuracy of our financial operations, making a real difference in our company’s success.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and support a remote AP and Expense team, providing direction, motivation, and ongoing feedback
- Ensure accurate, valid, and timely supplier payments, meeting payment targets of less than 30 days for 95% of invoices
- Maintain a highly controlled process environment, tracking exceptions, reducing errors, and resolving supplier queries
- Improve UK P2P processes through review, updating procedures, and documenting best practices
- Oversee AP transactions, reconcile sub-ledgers, monitor balances, and ensure confidentiality and compliance
- Lead reporting efforts, producing performance statistics and assisting with month-end tasks
- Foster stakeholder engagement via calls and reports, resolving issues swiftly and efficiently
Required Skills:
- Proven experience in a similar finance or AP management role
- Strong knowledge of VAT, tax documentation, and basic accounting principles (double entry, general ledger)
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the judgment to manage internal and external relationships
- Effective communication, negotiation, and influencing abilities
- Ability to lead, motivate, and develop dispersed teams
Nice to Have Skills:
- Accounting qualification (part-qualified or qualified by experience)
- Demonstrable experience with accounting and reporting tools
- Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with analytic tools
- Previous experience supporting multi-entity or global finance operations
Other Requirements:
- Location: Remote with trips into the office in either Farnborough or Whiteley
- Duration: 12-month contract
- Security Clearance: BPSS clearance required to start
- Work Hours: 37.5 hours per week
