Accounts Payable Operations Manager
Job Title: Accounts Payable Operations Manager
Location: Head Office, Leicestershire
Salary: Competitive plus bonus & benefits
As an Accounts Payable Operations Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the accurate and timely processing of invoices and preparation of payment runs, generating supplier payments of over £1bn per annum.
Leading a team of 20 you will be responsible for ensuring they deliver high quality work. You will also be responsible for developing your team and challenging and improving your processes, whilst managing a growing supplier base of active suppliers.
Partnering with key stakeholders in the business is a requirement of the role, supporting the business with the ongoing management and onboarding of high profile brands.
The role sits within the wider Finance Operations team, supporting Next’s Retail, Online, Total Platform Partners and International businesses.
Responsibilities
- Leading both the UK and India team in the accurate and timely processing of invoices for our key Brands
- Overseeing the management and reconciliation of key supplier accounts
- Reviewing payment runs, ensuring all due invoices are processed on the system
- Query resolution with suppliers through regular account management with strategic Brands
- Ensuring the team perform monthly supplier statement reconciliations
- Support weekly cash flow forecasting and variance analysis.
- Leading the month end process of the team, dealing with aged creditors, debit balances, unclaimed credits and balance sheet reconciliations
- Identify opportunities for streamlining and enhancing the supplier invoice processing process
- Budgeting and forecasting both P&L and Balance Sheet impacts
Key Skills & Experience
- A pro-active and hands on qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) with proven experience in a large company, working cross functionally with proven ability to deliver to strict deadlines.
- Proven ability to lead operational teams.
- Ability to work under pressure in a fact paced environment
- The ability to work productively, efficiently and effectively, maintaining attention to detail and quality
- Excellent planning & organisation skills
- Demonstrates self motivation and an ability to work on own initiative and is confident making decisions
- Excellent written and verbal skills, coupled with the ability to comfortably present to all levels
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills.
- The willingness to learn, improve and adapt to changing business needs.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to think outside the box.
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel, Google Gsuite is desirable
Please note this is an office based role
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