Interim Accounts Payable Transformation Specialist

Distinct Recruitment; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Distinct Recruitment is seeking an Interim AP Transformation Specialist to join a Leicester-based project. You will assess current AP/P2P processes, identify inefficiencies, and shape a pragmatic improvement plan with automation and controls in mind.

You will step into an existing AP environment, challenge processes, and deliver tangible improvements on a 3-month interim basis, with hybrid office presence in Leicester.

Qualifications

• Experience in Accounts Payable and/or P2P with transformation experience.
• Experience in process improvement, automation and workflow redesign.
• Ability to identify bottlenecks, implement practical improvements and measure impact.

Responsibilities

• Review existing AP and P2P processes.
• Identify bottlenecks and unnecessary manual activity.
• Explore automation opportunities.
• Review workflows and approval processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve controls and reporting.
• Root cause analysis.
• Streamline invoice and supplier processes.
• Develop and prioritise practical improvements.
• Implement agreed changes.
• Work with Finance stakeholders and the AP team.
• Help establish more efficient and sustainable ways of working.

Skills

Accounts Payable

P2P

transformation

process improvement

automation

Job description

Interim AP Transformation Specialist Leicester | Interim Project | Minimum 3 Months

Are you an experienced Accounts Payable / P2P specialist who enjoys walking into a business, understanding what is not working and then making it better? I am recruiting for an established business looking for an experienced AP Transformation Specialist to join its Finance function and help review, streamline and improve its existing Accounts Payable processes and systems. This is a newly created project, so it is not a traditional AP operational role. You will have the opportunity to step back from the day-to-day and use your experience to look at the bigger picture, identify what is not working and help shape how the AP function operates going forward. A great opportunity for the right person This is a role where your experience can genuinely make a difference. You will be given the opportunity to walk into an existing AP environment, understand the current processes, identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks, and then help put practical improvements in place. You will be able to use your knowledge across AP, P2P, process improvement, automation, systems, controls and workflow, with genuine scope to influence the direction of the project. It is particularly attractive for someone who enjoys solving problems rather than simply managing them. You will have the autonomy to ask questions, challenge existing processes, identify better ways of working and, importantly, see your recommendations translated into real improvements. You will also gain valuable transformation experience across the wider Finance function, working with stakeholders and helping to improve the way people, processes, systems and controls work together.

The role will involve:

• Reviewing existing AP and P2P processes
• Identifying bottlenecks and unnecessary manual activity
• Looking at automation opportunities
• Reviewing workflows and approval processes
• Identifying opportunities to improve controls and reporting
• Root cause analysis
• Streamlining invoice and supplier processes
• Developing and prioritising practical improvements
• Implementation of agreed changes
• Working with Finance stakeholders and the existing AP team
• Helping establish more efficient and sustainable ways of working

About you:

• You will have strong Accounts Payable and/or P2P experience, combined with genuine experience of transformation, process improvement or optimisation.
• You will ideally have experience across: AP process transformation, Process improvement and optimisation, AP automation, Systems optimisation, Workflow improvement, Root cause analysis, Process redesign, Improving controls and consistency, Finance systems and technology, Lean / Six Sigma or similar improvement methodologies.

Minimum 3-month interim project Competitive daily or hourly rate, depending on experience and scope Hybrid working, generally 2 days in the office Flexible working hours

If you are an experienced AP / P2P transformation specialist looking for a project where you can use your expertise, have genuine influence and see the results of your work, I would love to hear from you. Please get in touch for a confidential conversation and I can talk you through the opportunity in more detail.