Senior Accounts Payable Manager (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Skyscanner; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Skyscanner is seeking a Senior Accounts Payable Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role focuses on transforming the AP function, improving processes, and leveraging data analytics for operational excellence. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a solid background in Accounts Payable management within a global setting.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Accounts Payable, including 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Deep experience managing accrual processes in large organizations.
• Skilled in using AP/ERP systems, preferably Workday.

Responsibilities

• Lead and transform the AP process, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance P2P processes.
• Drive data visibility and insights for budgeting and decision-making.

Skills

Leadership

Accounts Payable Management

Data Analysis

Process Improvement

Tools

Workday

Job description

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We’re looking for a Senior Accounts Payable Manager to lead our AP team through a period of evolution. This 12-month fixed-term contract focuses on driving transformation across our global operation including spending, expenses, month-end accruals, operational controls, and how AP engages with our global business and suppliers.

Our data powers our decision-making. As AP team lead you will own building that gold-standard data to power our spend visibility, empowering critical insights and analysis by teams across Skyscanner.

You’ll play a key role in shaping and supporting improvements across the broader Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process, working alongside Procurement and Finance stakeholders to embed best practice.

You're an experienced AP leader who knows how to deliver structure, scalability, and insight with a continuous improvement mindset — this role puts you at the heart of building a mature, forward-looking function for a fast-paced, high-growth multinational group. You will have the support of an insights-driven team structure ready to scale with the business.

What You’ll Be Doing

Build the data to power spend visibility, analytics and insight

• Leverage our Workday Financials ERP and additional tooling to create a rich stream of accurate and informative spend data, capable of supporting detailed analytics, budget allocation and comparability.
• Ensure the business is empowered to use AP data to inform decisions — surfacing insights on trends, supplier performance, spend trends, aging, and processing bottlenecks.
• Bring data to the table — drive conversations using evidence, not assumptions and ensure the business does the same through delivering spend visibility and transparency for budget holders and business units.
  
  

Process Transformation

• Own and overhaul the AP process, driving consistency, visibility, and timeliness. Creating an operation which leverages best-in-class practices, capable of delivering world-class KPIs.
• Design and implement scalable templates and processes that embed accuracy and accountability into AP-related management information and financial reporting.
• Partner with FP&A and Financial Reporting to ensure accruals are predictable, explainable, and embedded in planning cycles.
  
  

Support P2P Process Improvements

• Work cross-functionally to strengthen the Procure-to-Pay process, focusing on clarity of roles, streamlined approvals, and operational compliance.
• Collaborate with Procurement, and Financial Systems to ensure AP processes align with wider P2P objectives.
• Contribute to systems and automation enhancements that improve end-to-end P2P efficiency (e.g. invoice matching, PO compliance).
  
  

Lead the AP Team

• Lead and support the team — setting clear goals, creating accountability, and developing people through change.
• Driving best practices across the team and business on automation, coding, scripting, tagging, standardisation and interpretation.
• Act as the AP lead across the business — making employee and supplier processes easy to follow and helping others engage with them effectively.
  
  

Strengthen Controls and Governance

• Maintain strong financial controls, particularly around supplier setup, payments, and month-end cut-offs. Create clarity and accuracy on accruals.
• Ensure audit readiness with clean reconciliations, documented processes, and a “no surprises” mindset.
  
  

What You Bring

• Significant experience in Accounts Payable, including 3+ in an AP leadership role preferably in a large, global organisation or a shared services environment.
• Deep experience managing or improving accrual processes — ideally in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment.
• Exposure to P2P process design or optimisation, and the ability to work cross-functionally on end-to-end improvements.
• Skilled in using AP/ERP systems (Workday) and reporting tools.
• A collaborative, proactive, and solutions-focused approach — able to influence across finance and the wider business.
• You thrive in fast-moving environments, can bring structure to ambiguity, and know how to lead through change.
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Software Development, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Accounting

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