Accounts Payable Senior Manager

Cast UK Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading executive consultancy in Greater London is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Senior Manager to oversee the centralised account functions across the UK and Ireland. The successful candidate will drive process improvements, lead a high-performance team, and develop relationships with key stakeholders. This role provides an excellent opportunity to influence changes and enhance operational efficiency in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading an Accounts Payable Function.
• Experience in managing change with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong leadership and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust processes for accurate and timely processing of invoices.
• Lead and motivate a large AP team to promote service excellence.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and ensure continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Relationship management

Process improvement

Team development

Tools

Automation software

Job description

Accounts Payable Senior Manager (UK & Ire)

£Competitive Salary

West London

This is a high-impact leadership role managing the centralised AP function across a group and is ideal for any AP Manager looking to make an impact through people, change, and process improvement.

Driving and supporting standardisation, best practice, system improvement, and change across the UK & Ireland, this role will involve owning and supervising the Accounts Payable function, partnering key stakeholders across the group with a real focus on effective customer service.

Key Responsibilities

• Focus and develop robust processes to ensure accurate and timely processing of high-volume invoices, credit notes, and effective resolutions, providing an end-to-end process.
• Lead and motivate a large AP team, promoting service excellence and a high-performance culture based on accountability, collaboration, and upskilling the development.
• Build and develop relationships with stakeholders across the group and within the AP function, with service-excellence and collaboration a key goal.
• Manage change, identifying and supporting opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Leadership with a focus on people and their retention and development, ensuring the continuous improvement focus extends to team capabilities through KPI, performance metrics, and ongoing colleague development.
• Ensure high-level financial controls are in place and maintained in line with reporting as well as operational and business goals.

Background and Experience

• Proven and demonstrable experience of leading an Accounts Payable Function.
• Demonstrable experience of managing change with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong leadership and relationship management skills with the ability to both build a team and develop relationships with key stakeholders.
• Experience across systems would be ideal, with any experience of automation software a strong advantage.

Are you looking to recruit a similar role?

Cast UK is a leading executive consultancy, providing national recruitment solutions to both clients and candidates. Specialising in, HR, Procurement, Buying, Supply Chain, and Logistics, each member of our specialist team has a professional background specific to their recruiting sector. With this unique insight and knowledge, our consultants are able to place individuals from trainee through to main board. For more information on Cast UK or to discuss how we can find talent for your business then please visit www.castuk.com