Senior Accounts Payable Administrator

Robert Walters; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Accounts Payable Specialist in South Manchester. This full-time, permanent role involves key responsibilities such as ensuring compliance in Purchase to Pay operations, training colleagues, and analyzing complex data to drive improvements. Ideal for those with experience in Accounts Payable, strong analytical skills, and a passion for maintaining high standards in financial processes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Accounts Payable functions.
• Ability to analyze complex data and present findings.
• Experience in training or stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Drive compliance and process improvement in Purchase to Pay operations.
• Analyze supplier accounts and generate detailed reports.
• Deliver training on purchasing compliance.

Skills

Data Analysis

Communication

Organisational Skills

Attention to Detail

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Accounts Payable Specialist to join a well-established organisation in Didsbury, offering a hybrid working model and the chance to make a real impact on business processes. This permanent, full-time position is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative setting and is passionate about driving compliance and efficiency within Purchase to Pay operations.

You will play a pivotal role in supporting the smooth operation of requisition to payment activities, ensuring policy adherence, and fostering strong connections across teams. With a focus on data-driven decision making, you will be empowered to influence positive change, contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, and support colleagues through training and knowledge sharing.

If you are looking for a role where your analytical skills, attention to detail, and commitment to excellence will be valued and developed, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

As a Senior Accounts Payable Specialist based in South Manchester, you will be instrumental in ensuring compliant and effective Purchase to Pay operations.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve analysing complex data sets to identify trends or issues within supplier accounts, generating detailed reports for management review, and collaborating with key stakeholders to drive process improvements. You will champion compliance by delivering training sessions that empower colleagues with the knowledge they need to adhere to policies.

Key duties include:

• Drive process and policy compliance throughout the Purchase to Pay cycle by delivering accurate data analysis and insightful reporting aligned with company guidelines.
• Generate comprehensive reports on supplier accounts, including ageing schedules and outstanding balances, proactively addressing overdue claims and rejections.
• Collaborate closely with the Global Process Owner to support targeted adoption plans that enhance compliance across all business units.
• Identify areas of non-compliance by conducting regular assessments using factual data, implementing corrective action plans where necessary.
• Create detailed management reports for various stakeholders including business areas and the Continuous Improvement team, ensuring information is clear and actionable.
• Promote a culture of 'right first time' by advocating best practices across the organisation and supporting business users in creating purchase orders that meet policy requirements.
• Deliver engaging purchasing compliance training programmes for employees and management, raising awareness of policy requirements and consequences of non-compliance.
• Actively seek out process knowledge from Purchase to Pay teams to further your own development while sharing insights with colleagues for collective growth.
• Resolve discrepancies between invoices, purchase orders, and goods receipts by liaising with suppliers, business areas, and Accounts Payable teams in a professional manner.
• Support onboarding of new team members through training sessions and knowledge sharing initiatives, contributing positively to overall team performance.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas:

• Significant experience within Accounts Payable functions with demonstrable understanding of end-to-end requisition to pay processes.
• Proven ability to analyse complex data sets and present findings clearly across all levels of an organisation using Excel or Google Sheets at an advanced level.
• Strong organisational skills with the capacity to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication abilities enabling you to build rapport with stakeholders at all levels while delivering training or resolving queries professionally.
• A continuous improvement mindset demonstrated through previous process enhancement initiatives or contributions towards operational efficiency gains.
• Basic understanding of general ledger principles and double entry accounting methods relevant for accurate financial processing.

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Desired Skills and Experience

Accounts payable, purchase ledger, senior accounts payable, senior purchase ledger

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