Payments Manager

The Guinness Partnership; Oldham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association is seeking a Payments Manager for a 15-month maternity cover based in Oldham. This full-time role involves managing the payables function, ensuring compliance and high standards while facilitating a hybrid working environment. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership skills in a finance context and have extensive knowledge in accounts payable. AAT qualification or Foundation level CIMA is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in accounts payable.
• Managing a transactional finance team.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage an efficient payables function.
• Ensure high-quality accounts payable reconciliations.
• Implement robust controls to mitigate risks.

Skills

Knowledge of accounts payable

Leadership in transactional finance

Microsoft Excel

Attention to detail

Business operations understanding

Verbal and written communication

Customer service experience

Education

AAT Qualification or Foundation level CIMA / CCAB

Tools

Oracle Cloud

Job description

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Payments Manager to join the Guinness Team. This is a full time, 35 hours per week 15-month fixed term maternity cover vacancy based in our Oldham, Bower House office.We are currently working to a hybrid working style.

The overall purpose of the role is to manage an effective and efficient payables function ensuring services are delivered to a high standard with strong processes and controls in place. Deliver accurate, high quality and regulatory compliant accounts payable reconciliations and reporting across Guinness.

What we’re looking for

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do, so you’ll not only be highly self-motivated with the rigour to pursue goals, but you’ll also be a confident collaborator, networker and relationship builder with a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done.

You’ll be able to demonstrate

Essential:

• Experience and strong knowledge of accounts payable.
• Experience of managing a transactional finance team in a complex organisation.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Good attention to detail with ability to work under pressure, prioritising and managing a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines.
• The ability to understand business operations and identify key risks and implement robust controls to mitigate these risks.
• Excellent verbal and written communications and the ability to present effectively to varying levels in an organisation.
• Proven customer service experience.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.

Desirable:

• Experience of using Oracle Cloud.
• Experience of month end processes and financial reconciliation.
• Knowledge of income and expenditure accounts and balance sheet (as appropriate).

Qualifications

Essential:

• AAT Qualified or Foundation level CIMA / CCAB Qualification.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.