Description
Accounts Payable Manager
£35,000 to £50,000 DoE
Chorley
Agility is delighted to be working with a fantastic growing business that due to an internal promotion is seeking an Accounts Payable Manager.
The business has proven its ability to develop, acquire, incubate, and grow high-quality brands globally due to its well-invested end-to-end UK platform, including distribution, marketing, traditional retailing, and ecommerce.
The day-to-day duties of the AP Manager include managing the AP team to ensure accurate and timely processing and payment of supplier invoices.
Duties include:
- Managing the end-to-end Accounts Payable process
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with both internal and external contacts
- Ensure supplier payment processing and authorisation is in line with company procedures
- Resolve queries from suppliers and other departments
- Reconcile suppliers' monthly statements
- Assist with month end procedures
- Assist with year-end accounts and supply of audit information
- Liaise with Finance to provide accurate cash flow forecasting
- Maintaining accurate and complete financial and customer records
- Compiling, analysing, and reporting financial information as required
- Extensive knowledge about accounting and management principles and Accounts Payable procedures.
- Manage and develop Accounts Payable team.
- Monitoring, improving and developing internal processes
Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience as an AP Manager or Supervisor within FMCG or similar
- SAP experience
- Extensive knowledge about accounting and management principles and Accounts Payable procedures
- Excellent analytical skills along with the ability to create and present detailed reports
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with key stakeholders
- Ability to accurately process numerical data
- Flexible with the ability to prioritise a heavy workload
- Ability to work to strict deadlines
- Strong people management skills
For a confidential chat please call Peter on 01772 278078
