Purchase to Pay Lead

Survitec Group Limited; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Survitec Group Limited in Dunmurry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, is seeking a Purchase to Pay Lead to manage the Accounts Payable team, oversee invoice processing, and drive continuous improvement across the shared services function.

Reporting to Head of Order to Cash and Procure to Pay, you will coach staff, monitor KPIs, and collaborate with Finance and Procurement to streamline end-to-end processes, ensuring accuracy and timely payments in a permanent role.

Qualifications

• Extensive Accounts Payable experience.
• Experience managing a team and performance.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and presenting results.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient IT skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Ability to use multiple systems to produce reports.
• Experience in AP Shared Service Centre; Concur is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate day-to-day Accounts Payable activities.
• Allocate workloads and monitor team performance to meet deadlines.
• Oversee processing, coding and approval of supplier invoices and credits.
• Review payment runs and supporting docs before authorisation.
• Monitor AP KPIs and outstanding invoices.
• Identify inefficiencies and implement improvements for accuracy and automation.
• Provide coaching and ongoing support to AP staff.
• Support performance management and objective setting.
• Collaborate with Finance, Procurement and other departments to improve end-to-end process.
• Assist with internal and external audits; maintain documentation.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Team management

Communication

Cross-functional projects

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Reporting

Concur knowledge

Tools

Concur expense system

Job description

Vacancy Title:

Purchase to Pay Lead

Vacancy Location:

Dunmurry, Belfast, N. Ireland

Engagement Type:

Permanent, Full Time

Your Company

Survitec are the world’s largest survival technology provider. For over 166 years, we have been protecting lives in the air, on land and at sea, through the design, manufacture, and servicing of Survival Technology.

Today, we are a global community of 2,000 professionals with presence in 96 countries partnering with our customers to provide innovative solutions that reduce risk and help keep you safe.

Your New Role

This role reports to the Head of Order to Cash and Procure to Pay, and you will be responsible for managing a team of accounts payable administrators. Offering daily support as well as line manager duties including HR policy management and coaching.

As part of the Purchase to Pay team you will be overseeing the processing of invoices, query resolution, statement reconciliations and ensuring KPIs are achieved, and SLAs are adhered to.You will be expected to support our overall continuous improvement drive to identify and transform our Shared Services Team, to streamline and maximise resources.

What You Can Expect from the Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, support and coordinate the day-to-day activities of the Accounts Payable team
• Allocate workloads and monitor team performance to ensure deadlines and service levels are achieved
• Oversee the accurate and timely processing, coding and approval of supplier invoices and credit notes
• Review payment runs and supporting documentation prior to payment authorisation
• Monitor Accounts Payable KPIs and outstanding invoices
• Identify process inefficiencies and implement improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency and automation.
• Provide coaching, training and ongoing support to Accounts Payable tam members.
• Support performance management, development conversations and objective setting within the team
• Work collaboratively with Finance, Procurement and other departments to improve the end-to-end purchase-to-pay process.
• Assist with internal and external audit requirements by providing appropriate documentations and information
• Adhere to all internal Company policies and elevate concerns when necessary.

This list is not exhaustive; other duties may be required, as assigned by manager.

The Experience and Skills You Will Have

• Extensive Accounts Payable experience
• Experience managing a team and performance
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Experience in leading cross-functional projects and related management presentations
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Competent IT skills, including but not limited to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to work over a variety of systems to produce reports
• Experience within an Accounts Payable Shared Service Centre environment and knowledge of concur expense system an advantage

Why You Should Work for Us

• 34 days holidays including public holidays
• Additional day off to celebrate your birthday
• Excellent enhanced maternity and paternity packages
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Training & Professional Development Opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Workplace Reward & Recognition scheme

Survitec is an equal opportunities employer. Our diverse global workforce protects lives, every single day. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive culture where our people feel valued appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. Because, to provide service and excellence to our customers we must mirror their diversity. But more importantly because it is the right thing to do.

At Survitec, we want you to have the best possible interview experience with us and we are also committed to creating an inclusive environment. We are happy to make any necessary accommodations to ensure you can showcase your skills to the best of your ability, should you require any reasonable adjustments, please don't hesitate to let us know.