Sole ownership of the Accounts Payable function including the following day to day activities:

• Reviewing invoices to ensure they are accurate and legally compliant
• Ensuring invoices are approved in a timely manner by department heads via the ApprovalMax system
• Posting invoices & expenses into Xero
• Preparing payment runs for sign off by the Head of Finance
• Forecasting 13-week cash outflows for suppliers and expenses
• Posting and allocating payments in Xero
• Sending remittance advice to suppliers in a timely manner
• Fielding supplier queries via phone and email, providing a high level of customer service
• Reconciling supplier accounts back to statements and actioning discrepancies
• Maintaining a clean and tidy purchase ledger
• Creating new supplier accounts and maintaining the integrity of our supplier master data
• Negotiating more favourable payment terms with suppliers
• Management of the shared accounts inbox ensuring we meet our 48-hour response time SLA
• It is expected from time to time that you will be required to support in the completion of AR tasks, the team inbox and any ad hoc requests.

Process improvements:

• Design and implementation of a supplier onboarding / change process and maintenance of an approved suppliers list
• Continuously striving for incremental improvements in existing processes to be best in class

• Xero
• ApprovalMax
• Hubdoc
• Excel
• Dext expense system

• A minimum of 6 years Accounts Payable experience showing career progression to a senior level in that time
• Able to demonstrate the ability to identify and make meaningful changes to P2P processes and roll these out across a business
• A focus on providing great customer service and communication to internal & external stakeholders
• A desire to take ownership of tasks and see them through to completion
• Ability to prioritise your workload and be organised
• A deadline driven mentality

Minimum: A Levels