Accounts Payable & Cost Analyst — Governance & Insights

Davy; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Flexible working options

Flexible benefits allowance

Learning & development

Assisted retirement planning

Job summary

Davy is seeking an Accounts Payable & Cost Analyst to strengthen governance across the purchase-to-pay cycle and deliver insightful cost analysis to support budgeting and decision-making.

The role blends operational finance with analytical partnering, handling supplier invoices, payments, variance investigations, and process improvements while collaborating with budget owners and operational teams to enhance financial awareness.

Qualifications

• Experience working within Accounts Payable or Finance Operations.
• Experience processing invoices and supplier payments.
• Experience performing financial analysis and investigating financial variances.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to interpret financial data and explain findings to non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Good stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end accounts payable process, ensuring invoices are processed accurately and in line with company policies and procedures.
• Review and set up new suppliers, ensuring all required documentation, approvals, and due diligence checks are completed.
• Maintain supplier master data and ensure information remains accurate and up to date.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, delegated authorities, procurement policies, and governance requirements.
• Process and validate supplier invoices, matching invoices to purchase orders and approvals where applicable.
• Investigate and resolve invoice queries, discrepancies, and supplier issues in a timely manner.
• Prepare and execute supplier payment runs in accordance with payment schedules and approval processes.
• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve outstanding balances.
• Support internal and external audit requirements relating to accounts payable activities.
• Analyze expenditure across departments and cost centres to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and anomalies.
• Produce regular cost reporting and variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Investigate budget variances, identifying root causes and providing recommendations for corrective action.
• Challenge cost assumptions and provide insight into spending patterns.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes by providing accurate expenditure analysis and commentary.
• Identify areas where costs can be controlled, reduced, or better managed.
• Prepare management information and financial analyses to support decision-making.
• Assist with month-end activities, including accrual reviews, prepayments, expenditure validation, and reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and controls across accounts payable and cost management processes.
• Review existing workflows and recommend process enhancements to reduce manual activity and eliminate recurring issues.
• Support the implementation of system improvements, automation initiatives, and digital finance solutions.
• Develop and maintain process documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Promote best practice financial processes across the organisation.
• Drive initiatives that improve service delivery to suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Build effective working relationships with managers, procurement teams, and suppliers.
• Act as a trusted finance contact for operational teams.
• Support non-finance stakeholders in understanding financial information and governance requirements.
• Communicate financial issues, risks, and opportunities clearly and effectively.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Finance Operations

Invoice processing

Supplier payments

Financial analysis

Excel

Stakeholder management

Education

AAT qualification

ACCA/CIMA (part-qualified)

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Davy is seeking an Accounts Payable & Cost Analyst to strengthen governance across the purchase-to-pay cycle and deliver insightful cost analysis to support budgeting and decision-making.

The role blends operational finance with analytical partnering, handling supplier invoices, payments, variance investigations, and process improvements while collaborating with budget owners and operational teams to enhance financial awareness.