Accounts Payable Lead: Automation & Process Improvement

DWF; Manchester; Hybride; GBP 52 000 - 72 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid work pattern

Equal opportunities employer

Supportive team culture

Résumé du poste

DWF, based in Manchester, is seeking a finance leader to take ownership of the Accounts Payable and Disbursements function. You will lead and develop the teams, driving efficiency and implementing improvements across processes and systems.

The role emphasizes KPI reporting, system changes, and collaboration with senior stakeholders as the function grows, with a hybrid working pattern (three days in the office, two days remote).

Qualifications

• Experience leading a finance or transactional team.
• Strong resource planning skills and ability to manage priorities.
• Proven track record of driving change and process improvements.
• Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering skills.
• Knowledge of supplier reconciliations, payment runs and P2P processes.

Responsabilités

• Lead day-to-day operation of AP and Disbursements teams, ensuring workloads are managed and invoices and reconciliations are completed to SLAs.
• Support performance and development of team members; report monthly KPIs to senior Finance stakeholders.
• Oversee supplier statement reconciliations and weekly payment runs; resolve invoice/payment queries.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes and support new system implementations; assist with audits.

Connaissances

Team leadership

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Process improvement

Automation awareness

Purchase-to-pay

Description du poste

DWF, based in Manchester, is seeking a finance leader to take ownership of the Accounts Payable and Disbursements function. You will lead and develop the teams, driving efficiency and implementing improvements across processes and systems.

The role emphasizes KPI reporting, system changes, and collaboration with senior stakeholders as the function grows, with a hybrid working pattern (three days in the office, two days remote).