Job Description

Directly supporting the Accounts Payable Manager to process and coordinate the output, completion and quality of the reconciliations team;

• Ensure key supplier account reconciliations are carried out accurately and regularly
• Balancing critical supplier accounts - holding internal and external meetings as required
• Maintain and control the accounts payable suspense account to agreed service level agreement
• Maintain, coordinate and control credit balances to agreed service level agreement
• Manage relationships with key suppliers
• Liaise with internal teams as required to resolve queries
• Deliver and maintain strategy programmes for the reconciliations team
• Approve all payments leaving the business to agreed process
• Identify any training needs and deliver as required
• Monitor and report on team KPIs
• Constantly review procedures and support process improvement
• Ad hoc reporting and project work
• Coordinate and deliver clear team objectives and measure performance
• Hold regular team meetings

Requirements:

• Previous experience in the capacity as a senior Accounts Payable Clerk/ Accounts Payable Specialist
• Experience of high value and volume statement reconciliations
• Advanced Excel and IT system skills - Macros, etc
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Previous experience of working in a larger, commercial business
• People development skills, ability to identify training needs
• Ability to motivate a team to achieve best results
• Ability to work to target in a fast paced environment
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Motivated, focused , self starter mentality
• Analytical and logical mindset
• Commercial and financial business acumen with excellent planning, budgeting and operational reporting skills
• Ability to make and implement decisions effectively

If you have the skills and experience outlined above I am very keen to discuss this opportunity further.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities