Accounts Payable Lead – Own the AP Process & Team

Lucion; Warrington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucion is seeking an experienced Senior Accounts Payable Administrator to join a busy finance team at Preston Brook. You will own the AP process, ensuring invoices are entered, coded and paid on time, and you will guide one junior team member.

This role offers a hands-on, detail‑driven workday in a growing organisation, with opportunities to improve processes and implement automation in supplier invoice handling.

Qualifications

• Experience in accounts payable / purchase ledger.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident managing priorities and working to deadlines.
• Comfortable taking ownership of payment runs and the wider AP process.
• Process‑driven, proactive and confident in a busy finance environment.

Responsibilities

• Process and manage supplier invoices accurately and efficiently.
• Take ownership of the day‑to‑day accounts payable function.
• Manage and coordinate regular payment runs.
• Prioritise invoices and payments according to business requirements and deadlines.
• Ensure invoices are properly approved, coded and processed.
• Help build out automated invoice recognition capabilities to gain process efficiencies
• Resolve supplier queries and investigate discrepancies.
• Manage the daily workload and provide guidance to one other team member.
• Maintain accurate financial records and support the wider finance team when required.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and efficiency within accounts payable.

Skills

Accounts payable experience

Organised with detail orientation

Prioritising and deadline management

Payment runs experience

Job description

Lucion is seeking an experienced Senior Accounts Payable Administrator to join a busy finance team at Preston Brook. You will own the AP process, ensuring invoices are entered, coded and paid on time, and you will guide one junior team member.

This role offers a hands-on, detail‑driven workday in a growing organisation, with opportunities to improve processes and implement automation in supplier invoice handling.