Accounts Payable Manager - Colchester

Cera Care; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare technology firm is seeking an Accounts Payable Manager in Colchester. This role involves managing the Accounts Payable Team, ensuring compliance with the Purchase Orders process, and overseeing month-end close operations. Candidates should have strong team management skills, a keen attention to detail, and proficiency in ERP systems like Oracle NetSuite. The company offers flexible work arrangements, competitive salary, and robust employee benefits, including training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days holiday plus birthday off

Company pension scheme

Competitive salary and bonus

Qualifications

• Experience with Purchase Orders and No PO No Pay.
• AP automation experience preferred.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage and train the Accounts Payable Team.
• Oversee month-end AP close deadlines.
• Ensure invoices have Purchase Orders.

Skills

Team management skills

Attention to detail

Strong IT skills

Time management skills

Communication skills

Tools

Excel

Oracle NetSuite

Yooz

Job description

Position: Accounts Payable Manager

Reporting to: Group Financial Controller

Contract type: Full time - Colchester

About Cera

Cera is a digital-first healthcare-at-home company delivering care, nursing, telehealth and repeat prescription services in people’s homes via technology. In under five years, Cera has expanded to 10,000+ staff across the UK and Germany, delivering 40,000+ healthcare visits a day, and has grown from zero to nearly $300m revenues. Every day, Cera delivers healthcare services equivalent to 40 hospitals or 1,000 care homes, and has grown 100-fold over the past five years making it one of the fastest growing businesses in Europe. Cera currently holds more than 160 partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and the company’s technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. Its technology predicts health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 "high risk" alerts each day. Since the outset of the COVID‑19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits in people’s homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed its recruitment technology to the UK Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers.

About the role

• Managing, overseeing and training / developing the Accounts Payable Team.
• Overseeing month‑end AP close to ensure deadlines are hit.
• Working with the business to ensure all invoices have a Purchase Order.
• Working with Management Accounts Team re: month‑end queries.
• Liaising with Legal Team regarding supplier disputes and CCJs.
• Overseeing the weekly and ad hoc payment runs.
• Working with consultants to improve AP / PO systems including automation.
• AP processing where required (eg holiday cover, busy periods etc).
• The role would suit an experienced Accounts Payable professional with ambition and drive who is looking to further their career.

What we’re looking for

• Ability to supervise and manage AP Team – strong team management skills are critical, including experience coaching and training junior team members.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Experience with Purchase Orders and No PO No Pay.
• Strong IT skills are critical (including Excel – we love Excel in finance!) and including experience with ERP / accounting systems – preferably Oracle NetSuite.
• Experience with AP automation would be advantageous – preferably Yooz.
• Procurement / sourcing experience beneficial.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines – good time management skills are essential.
• Person who displays the right attitude coupled with the energy to execute.
• Ability to work independently, and as part of a wider team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication – able to communicate confidently with senior finance leaders.
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment where priorities can change quickly.

What we offer

• Flexible working hours and hybrid working arrangements
• 25 days holiday + your birthday off as well as bank holidays
• Mobile phone, laptop and remote IT package setup for WFH days
• Company pension scheme
• Training and development for your role and future career development
• Competitive salary, discretionary bonus and long‑term employee schemes
• Lifeworks discount platform and Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Service and Recognition awards

Life at Cera

We champion diversity, inclusion and well‑being to create a workplace where you value yourself and feel proud of who you are. We believe in a world where you have the freedom to explore and express yourself without judgement, no matter who you are or where you’re from. Where individuality is a source of confidence, because difference makes the world a better place. People from cultural or gender diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Our team is made up of academics, innovators, start‑up accelerators and care experts, all connected by a vision to build a better future for care through the combination of best‑in‑class carers, empowered by technology.

This role is envisaged as an office role, working with the Colchester Finance Team. Whilst some WFH may be possible, at least initially it will mainly be office based.