Senior Accounts Payable Leader | Hybrid & Growth-ready

Softcat; Marlow; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work pattern (3 days in office,

Flexible hours

School pickup/drop offs flexibility

Job summary

Softcat is seeking an Accounts Payable professional to join our team in Marlow. You will manage payments to suppliers, maintain ledgers, and engage with internal teams to ensure timely settlements and accurate reporting.

The role emphasizes building supplier relationships, processing invoices, reconciling statements, and supporting audits. A minimum of 3 years in AP and strong numeracy are essential, with hybrid working options available.

Qualifications

• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication of complex information to diverse audiences.
• Self-motivated with drive for career progression.
• Strategic planning and execution to improve department efficiency.
• Strong numerical skills.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in Accounts Payable.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain strong relationships with our suppliers.
• Invoice Processing – Regularly review and process all invoices that are received into the business. Monitor own Approvals and Queries.
• Reconciliation of Statements – Identifying queries/invoices/payments and seeing through to a resolution.
• Raising Customer Services Cases - to apply credit notes to our ledger and help our customer service team credit back our customers where necessary.
• Updating internal systems with thorough notesregardinginvoices with price variances or queries, to get these invoices paid as soon as possible.
• Assistwith company audit where applicable – providing copy invoices,statementsor payments trail.
• Consistently achieving individual monthly targets on weekly reporting's supporting on KPIS set out by our management team.
• Being in control with Payments – Ensure payments and restricted templates are created andsubmittedas requested through NetSuite and HSBC Bank.
• Working directly with vendors to achieve the best possible EPD – Early Payment Discount.
• Able to process Payments Runs – ready for Approval, for example, processing the excel files into NetSuite, for Seniors and Team Leaders to review and release.
• Manage a complex supplier ledger and support ledger reviews (holding own query sessions with direct reports).
• Fielding day to day questions ahead of reaching the Accounts Payable Deputy Team Leaders.
• Support on hiring interviews when required.
• Identify any recurring process issues and raise to Deputy and Team Leaders.
• Providing support to colleagues with queries.
• Training and developing new team members whilst also providing support to direct reports.
• Reviewing Weekly Reporting with Level 1 and 2 Executives, to make sure these reporting tasks are completed to the best of the ability before being reviewed by Team Leaders and Managers.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Effective communication

Career progression

Numerate

Accounts Payable experience

Job description

Softcat is seeking an Accounts Payable professional to join our team in Marlow. You will manage payments to suppliers, maintain ledgers, and engage with internal teams to ensure timely settlements and accurate reporting.

The role emphasizes building supplier relationships, processing invoices, reconciling statements, and supporting audits. A minimum of 3 years in AP and strong numeracy are essential, with hybrid working options available.