Accounts Payable Manager

Recordati; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global pharmaceutical company seeks an Accounts Payable Manager in Hemel Hempstead to enhance process excellence across its international AP function. The ideal candidate will oversee invoice processing, manage a team, and liaise with various business partners. This role requires strong stakeholder management, attention to detail, and proficiency in SAP systems.

Qualifications

• Experience managing an international AP department.
• Proficient in SAP4Hana and Vendor Invoice Management.
• Experience leading teams in high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage the processing and payment of purchase invoices.
• Lead the Accounts Payable team and ensure deadlines.
• Oversee month-end closing of accounts payable.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Attention to detail

Multicurrency management

Tools

SAP

Office Excel

Office Word

Job description

With its beginnings in a family run pharmacy in Correggio, Italy in the 1920s, Recordati is now a global pharmaceutical company, listed on the Italian stock exchange, with over 4,500 employees and turnover of over Euro 2bn.

We are a group of like-minded, passionate individuals who go to extraordinary lengths for our patients, customers, partners, investors and the people across the globe who we serve. We develop and commercialise medicines to serve people living with common diseases, as well as those living with some of the rarest, in around 150 countries.

At Recordati, our mantra is simple. We’ve always believed that health, and the opportunity to live life to the fullest, is a right, not a privilege. Whether that is for common diseases or the rarest – we want to give people the opportunity to be the best version of themselves.

This drive will never stop. Together, we will always be reimagining tomorrow – with new ideas, new technologies and new innovations to fight diseases.

Recordati. Unlocking the full potential of life.

Job Purpose

An experienced Accounts Payable Manager to champion process excellence for the entire group. Responsible for:

• Processing and timely payment of all purchase invoices and credit notes for entities UK10, UK20, UK30, NL10, and KR10 using SAP 4 Hana and VIM.
• Assisting the finance team with goods/service receipts, accruals, and cash flow management at month-end.
• Overseeing expense processing through Concur and ensuring timely submission of all expenses.
• Serving as the primary contact for purchase invoice and payment queries, and reporting monthly status to General Managers and business partners.
• Managing two Accounts Payable Assistants, including setting monthly schedules, delegating and monitoring tasks, conducting training and appraisals, and reconciling supplier statements.
• Monitoring the AP-INVOICE inbox.
• Coordinating with SAP support to address invoice, purchase order, and receipt-related queries within SAP.
• Enhancing and updating training materials for the AP team and business, and organizing regular training sessions and workshops.

Key Responsibilities

• Management of posting and payment of purchase invoices, running reports, ensure payments.
• Month end: ensuring that AP is closed on time, liaising with key business partners and assistant finance team with forecast cashflow.
• Concur: ensure that expenses are processed monthly and there is adherance to policy.
• People management: leading the AP team, ensuring capability, delegating responsibilities, setting goals.
• SAP support and training: be the super user for AP, supporting the team and organisation to utilise the system correctly, training where necessary.

Required Education

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience in managing an international and multicurrency AP department
• Experience in Office Excel and Word
• Experience in leading a team
• Experience in SAP preferably SAP4Hana and Vendor Invoice Management

Required Behaviours and Competencies

• Excellent stakeholer management and can clearly demonstate the ability to build positive working relationships with business partners and suppliers
• Ability to work with a high pressure environment and to prioritise accordingly
• Ability to lead a team to work efficiently to meet deadlines
• Has a high attention to detail
• Ability to escalate issues to business partners and suppliers to reach a resolution

Required Languages

Travel required in %

At Recordati we believe in people! Inspired by our purpose - unlocking the full potential of life - we are committed to creating a diverse environment and cultivating a culture of inclusion. We strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs, enabling our employees to bring their whole selves to work and develop their potential.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, develop and reward without regard to, amongst others, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental ability, race, ethnicity, political or religious belief.

If you are looking to join a company where you can try new things, speak openly, and be bold, we invite you to apply today.