Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Manager

The Law Society; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

The Law Society is seeking an Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Manager to lead the AP/AR functions, ensuring accurate, timely processing and strong governance across all transactional activity. You’ll manage vendor relations, credit control, cash allocation and reconciliations, while driving process improvements and system integrations within a progressive membership organisation.

You will mentor and develop the AP/AR team, ensuring service levels and accuracy, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Experience leading Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions and teams.
• Strong governance, controls, and compliance mindset in a finance setting.
• Ability to drive process improvements and system integrations in finance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end AP and AR operations including purchase orders, invoices, payments, and reconciliations.
• Manage credit control, debt recovery, cash allocation and aging analysis.
• Develop and monitor KPIs, reporting, and accountability across the AP/AR function.

Job description

The Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Manager plays a critical role in leading and managing the Law Society's AP and AR functions, ensuring the accurate, timely and controlled processing of financial transactions across all income and expenditure activities.

You will oversee key areas including credit control, supplier management, cash allocation, reconciliations, financial controls and service delivery, ensuring strong governance and compliance across the function. As a leader within the Finance team, you will drive high standards of performance while maintaining effective internal controls and supporting the delivery of an excellent service to colleagues, suppliers and customers.

The role offers the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing transformation of Finance by improving processes, supporting systems integration and workflow enhancements, and helping to optimise working capital. You will also be responsible for developing team capability, ensuring colleagues have the training, support and resources needed to deliver a high-quality and customer-focused finance service across the organisation.

What we're looking for

You will lead, manage and develop the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable team, fostering a culture of customer service excellence, accountability and continuous improvement. You will oversee daily operations, resource planning and workflow management to ensure deadlines are met, objectives are achieved and service levels are maintained. You will promote cross-training, succession planning and the development of team capability to build resilience and reduce key-person dependency.

You will be responsible for the end-to-end Accounts Payable function, including purchase order support, invoice processing, supplier verification, payment runs and adherence to financial controls. You will ensure suppliers are paid accurately and on time, resolve payment queries in collaboration with Procurement, maintain accurate creditor records and oversee reconciliations and issue resolution. You will also develop and monitor Accounts Payable performance measures and reporting.

You will oversee the full Accounts Receivable and Credit Control cycle, including credit checks, invoice generation, debt management, cash allocation and query resolution. You will manage aged debt reviews, debt recovery activity and bad debt provisioning, while ensuring compliance with invoicing procedures, service date requirements and income recognition policies. You will maintain accurate debtor records and reconciliations and develop and monitor Accounts Receivable KPIs and performance reporting.

You will ensure all transaction processing complies with financial controls and segregation of duties requirements. You will maintain Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable process documentation, standard operating procedures and working templates, ensuring they remain up to date as systems and processes evolve. You will support system implementations and integrations, drive process improvements and automation, and promote the effective use of finance systems and reporting tools across the team.

Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, you will provide a responsive and high-quality service and act as the primary escalation point for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable matters. You will produce reporting on key operational metrics, including service levels, aged debt, cash allocation and payment performance, and contribute to finance and business improvement initiatives.

You will also ensure the timely completion of month-end and year-end activities, including subledger close processes, reconciliations and balance sheet reviews. You will provide schedules, analysis and supporting information for internal and external audits, ensuring financial records are accurate, complete and audit-ready.

What's in it for you

This is an excellent opportunity to work with contemporary thinkers in a progressive membership organisation. The successful candidate will join a strong brand with a reputation for excellence and legal expertise, committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and a culture of trust, clarity, excellence and respect.

The Role

The Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Manager plays a critical role in leading and managing the Law Society's AP and AR functions, ensuring the accurate, timely and controlled processing of financial transactions across all income and expenditure activities.

You will oversee key areas including credit control, supplier management, cash allocation, reconciliations, financial controls and service delivery, ensuring strong governance and compliance across the function. As a leader within the Finance team, you will drive high standards of performance while maintaining effective internal controls and supporting the delivery of an excellent service to colleagues, suppliers and customers.

The role offers the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing transformation of Finance by improving processes, supporting systems integration and workflow enhancements, and helping to optimise working capital. You will also be responsible for developing team capability, ensuring colleagues have the training, support and resources needed to deliver a high-quality and customer-focused finance service across the organisation.

What we're looking for

You will lead, manage and develop the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable team, fostering a culture of customer service excellence, accountability and continuous improvement. You will oversee daily operations, resource planning and workflow management to ensure deadlines are met, objectives are achieved and service levels are maintained. You will promote cross-training, succession planning and the development of team capability to build resilience and reduce key-person dependency.

You will be responsible for the end-to-end Accounts Payable function, including purchase order support, invoice processing, supplier verification, payment runs and adherence to financial controls. You will ensure suppliers are paid accurately and on time, resolve payment queries in collaboration with Procurement, maintain accurate creditor records and oversee reconciliations and issue resolution. You will also develop and monitor Accounts Payable performance measures and reporting.

You will oversee the full Accounts Receivable and Credit Control cycle, including credit checks, invoice generation, debt management, cash allocation and query resolution. You will manage aged debt reviews, debt recovery activity and bad debt provisioning, while ensuring compliance with invoicing procedures, service date requirements and income recognition policies. You will maintain accurate debtor records and reconciliations and develop and monitor Accounts Receivable KPIs and performance reporting.

You will ensure all transaction processing complies with financial controls and segregation of duties requirements. You will maintain Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable process documentation, standard operating procedures and working templates, ensuring they remain up to date as systems and processes evolve. You will support system implementations and integrations, drive process improvements and automation, and promote the effective use of finance systems and reporting tools across the team.

Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, you will provide a responsive and high-quality service and act as the primary escalation point for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable matters. You will produce reporting on key operational metrics, including service levels, aged debt, cash allocation and payment performance, and contribute to finance and business improvement initiatives.

You will also ensure the timely completion of month-end and year-end activities, including subledger close processes, reconciliations and balance sheet reviews. You will provide schedules, analysis and supporting information for internal and external audits, ensuring financial records are accurate, complete and audit-ready.

What's in it for you

This is an excellent opportunity to work with contemporary thinkers in a progressive membership organisation. The successful candidate will join a strong brand with a reputation for excellence and legal expertise, committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and a culture of trust, clarity, excellence and respect.

We offer hybrid working, a generous flexible benefits package, a friendly working environment and the opportunity to develop your career within a professional organisation.

Please note: if you are an internal applicant, Pay Policy will apply.

The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. From negotiating with and lobbying the profession's regulators, government and other decision makers, to offering training and advice, we're here to help, protect and promote solicitors.