Head Of Accounts Payable [Uk Based]

Compre Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private healthcare

Pension

Wellbeing subsidy

Life insurance

Income protection

25 days annual leave

Cycle to work

Job summary

Compre Group seeks a Head of Accounts Payable to lead a global AP function from London with responsibility for multiple locations, including Malta. The role is hybrid with two days in the office and is a permanent, full-time position.

You will manage a high-performing AP team, drive process improvements, strengthen controls, and collaborate with Finance, Procurement, Treasury and IT to support reporting and month-end close.

Qualifications

• Extensive AP experience with at least three years in a leadership role within a global, multi-location environment handling 5,000–10,000 invoices annually.
• Strong SAP Concur and AP automation experience is essential.
• An accounting or finance qualification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Improve and scale AP processes.
• Strengthen controls within AP.
• Manage vendor relationships and negotiations.
• Support reporting and month-end close.
• Partner with Finance, Procurement, Treasury and IT.

Skills

AP leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Accounting/Finance qualification

Tools

SAP Concur

AP automation tools

Job description

Description

Head of Accounts Payable

London / Malta

Hybrid, two days in office

Permanent / full-time

We are a fast-growing global reinsurance speciality company servicing the insurance markets of Lloyd’s, Europe and North America.

We’re seeking an experienced Head of Accounts Payable to lead a global AP function. You will manage a high-performing team and ensure accurate, timely and well-controlled processing of invoices, expenses and payments across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

Join a collaborative, inclusive business where you can make a tangible impact through innovation, continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Key responsibilities include improving and scaling AP processes, strengthening controls, managing vendor relationships, supporting reporting and month-end close, and partnering with Finance, Procurement, Treasury and IT.

Candidate requirements

You will bring extensive AP experience, including at least three years in a leadership role within a global, multi-location environment handling 5,000–10,000 invoices annually. Strong SAP Concur and AP automation experience is essential.

You will be a confident people leader with excellent stakeholder-management, analytical and communication skills. An accounting or finance qualification is preferred.

Benefits

Compre is a global speciality reinsurance company that offers capital and liability solutions to its clients, providing them with the certainty they need on their portfolios. We are known for being trusted partners to the market and for having a team of experts who collaborate and maintain discipline in underwriting, ensuring a differentiated client experience.

As an ambitious business, we are focused on building depth, breadth, and diversity in the talent across our business to be future-ready. Our clients' needs evolve as the market changes, which is why we continuously invest in areas such as data and technology. This way, we can serve current and future clients' needs with scalable and new technology, delivered by our growing agile Data and Technology team.

• Our values are what make us stand out. We value each other, empower and hold ourselves accountable, are authentic, collaborative and inclusive, and continuously strive for progress and innovation.

Why join us?

At Compre, we offer a range of benefits and team engagement events and provide a supportive environment for learning and growth. We are intent upon building a great business, and over the last few years, we have expanded our markets across Europe, Lloyd's, and North America. Our team is based in Bermuda, Finland, Germany, Malta, UK and the US.

To keep our globally dispersed team connected, we have various employee resource groups, including Wellbeing, DEI, COMMS and Engagement.

We invest in our people and offer learning and development opportunities for leaders and employees to build confidence and grow their skill sets. We value teamwork, authenticity, and innovation, and provide a space for these behaviours to bloom at Compre.

Make an impact in a collaborative environment with some of the best talent in the industry, while enjoying:

• competitive salary & annual bonus
• a health & wellbeing subsidy (£20 per month) (from Day 1)
• a generous pension (eligible after probationary period)
• private healthcare from BUPA and a Healthcare Cash Plan from Medicash (from Day 1)
• life assurance (from Day 1)
• income protection (from Day 1)
• 25 days annual leave (from Day 1)
• cycle to work scheme (from Day 1)
• season ticket loan (interest free) (eligible after probationary period)
• electric vehicle scheme (eligible after probationary period)
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) (from Day 1)
• learning/study support and reimbursement for professional memberships
• hybrid working
• employee socials and recognition programme

Compre is an insurance & reinsurance legacy specialist focused on the acquisition and management of discontinued non-life portfolios, With Operations in Bermuda, Finland, Germany, Malta, Switzerland and the UK. We have significant experience in all classes of direct and reinsurance business, including property, liability, marine and motor. Compre is privately owned with shareholders actively involved in management of the business.