Accounts Payable Manager
Job Description
Accounts Payable Manager
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive salary
- Ongoing career progression, training and support in gaining nationally recognised qualifications (including Education Scheme and ACCA Support)
- 30 days holiday entitlement pro rata (including Bank Holidays) with an additional day for each year of service
- Great pension scheme (Penfold)
- Fun company socials and events
- Flexible hybrid working model
- Employee Assistance Programme and coaching for personal and professional development
- Enhanced parental leave policy (subject to length of service requirements)
ABOUT US
Williams, Stanley & Co is a leading accountancy firm catering to a diverse range of clients within the hospitality industry, from high street chains to family-run cafes. Our company began with a mission to provide accurate and actionable financial insights to businesses, drawing from our founders' own experiences in managing multiple rapidly growing ventures.
Driven by a commitment to customer-first accounting, we've assembled a team of experienced and trusted accountants who share our vision for excellence. With a strong emphasis on collaboration and expertise, our team operates seamlessly across different locations, including the UK, Philippines and Dubai.
ABOUT YOU
Our Accountancy firm seeks a reliable Accounts Payable Manager. The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge and experience of Accounts Payable as well as a strong proven managerial record. You will be someone who has experience working with a vast range of clients, building great rapports along with managing a team of up to 10. If you enjoy data entry, team management and can work efficiently in a fast-paced hybrid office/remote setting, please get in touch.
You are:
- An analytical thinker with excellent problem-solving and data analysis skills
- Detail-oriented to ensure accuracy in financial transactions and reports
- Proactive in identifying and resolving issues and improving efficiency and processes
- A natural leader that can manage and train our AP team
- Able to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Highly organised - able to manage and prioritise your own and your team's workload efficiently
- Adaptable and flexible to handle changing priorities and deadlines
- Technically proficient with advanced Excel skills and experience with NetSuite or other SAP systems
- Proficient in Accounts Payable processes for optimisation, financial forecasting, and budgeting
- A strong communicator, able to collaborate and build relationships effectively
- Customer service-oriented to address and resolve supplier inquiries promptly
- Capable of conflict resolution to handle escalations and disputes effectively
What You'll Be Doing:
- Responsible for the AP Function, process implementation and development, team development and client controls
- Liaise with all departments to ensure improved processes and automation across the business.
- Ensuring that the work completed by the members of the team is correct by double checking the work where necessary.
- Processing invoices
- Responsible for maintaining the supplier ledgers for all entities including regular supplier statements and reconciliations
- Employee responsibility
- Defining and improving the systems and controls for the business as well as ensuring that processes are efficient and effective
- Communicating with suppliers and clients and maintaining good rapports
- Maintaining email and other system inboxes and workflows
- Be an active team member and support colleagues in their work
- Reviewing and approving prepared documents on our accounting systems, ensuring high level of accuracy
Skills and Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 years' experience managing AP teams.
- Xero/QuickBooks/Sage systems experience
- People management / Team management
- Strong communication, both strong oral and written
- Common sense and Self driven can-do attitude
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure with good time management skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong problem solver who applies novel techniques to solve issues, challenges long hold beliefs when necessary
- Experience of high-volume invoice processing and automated approval workflow
- Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Office proficient user
- Reliable Team player, who can work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders
- Motivated to excel and perform the role to the best of their ability
- Confident to suggest new ideas and listen to client's needs
- Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment
Desirable:
- XERO / Debt experience
- NetSuite experience would be advantageous
- Supplier statement reconciliations
- Creditor list management
- Payment Runs - proposing and processing
- Bank Reconciliations
- Xero Advisor Certification / QuickBooks Online Core Certification