Accounts Payable Manager

Walker Morris LLP; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

Overview

Do you have experience of working in accounts payable and managing a team? We are recruiting an Accounts Payable Manager.

In this role, you will play an important part in ensuring high-quality service to both internal and external stakeholders. Your expertise in invoicing, payments, and supplier terms will be essential in maintaining effective cashflow management while nurturing strong supplier relationships.

As our Accounts Payable Manager, you will be the firm's go-to expert on all things related to accounts payable. You'll work closely with the Finance Team, driving continuous improvement and ensuring our processes are efficient. Your leadership will be key in balancing the needs of the business with those of our suppliers, ensuring smooth and successful financial operations.

As the Accounts Payable Manager you will:

• Manage the day-to-day operation of the Purchase Ledger, including overseeing accurate entry of invoices, reconciliation of supplier statements, resolution of supplier queries and preparation of monthly/weekly BACS and cheque runs.
• Act as the key point of contact to the Firm to resolve any queries relating to the AP function, ensuring questions are handled promptly and sensitively.
• Lead the team in processing and payment of monthly payments and provide subsequent reporting to the wider Finance team.
• Drive continuous improvement, streamlining processes through automation, and strengthening controls to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness. Successfully liaise with other stakeholders to oversee the successful adoption of changes designed to improve processes.
• Work with the Financial Reporting Team to actively manage cashflow through supplier payment terms, utilising reporting in the Practice Management System to produce KPIs for the team. Manage completion of external KPI submissions.
• Oversee the employee lifecycle - manage key aspects of team member development, including recruitment, onboarding, regular 1-to-1s, performance appraisals, and ongoing professional growth, ensuring all processes align with Firm values and objectives.
• Develop and nurture a high performing team - foster an environment where individuals can thrive, enabling them to consistently deliver exceptional results and meet both team and Firm objectives.
• Take ownership of team success and accountability - proactively drive the achievement of team objectives, addressing challenges and celebrating successes to maintain engagement and momentum.
• Mentor & train members of the team through one-on-one training and weekly meetings.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, demonstrating ability to flex style to suit different audiences.
• Act as the lead contact for project work, managing the research, testing and implementation of new systems, and upgrades to the Practice Management System.
• Work alongside the Risk and Compliance Team to effectively use the Supplier Management System, ensuring supplier data is proactively maintained.

Any further reasonable duties as required.

We are looking for:

• Experience in leading Accounts Payable teams, working in a similar position.
• Strong IT and analytical skills; ability to interpret and present data to stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to flex style to suit audience.
• Demonstrable record of process improvement and development of others.
• Personable, engaging, highly motivated, resilient, organised, and able to manage differing (sometimes competing) priorities.

Some of our benefits include:

• Salary reflective of your experience.
• Earn up to 10% of your salary with our annual bonus scheme.
• Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service, with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme, and we'll contribute a minimum of 6% of your salary.
• 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.
• Hybrid and flexible working for most roles with 40-60% of your time spent in the office.

Further details of our benefits package can be found here.

Company Values

Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us. They define who we are as a Firm, as an employer and what we expect of our people. They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take. It's really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities:

• Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.
• You can be serious without wearing a suit.
• Never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Two heads are better than one.
• Take the bull by the horns.
• We win & lose together.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer. Our aim is to ensure our workforce represents our diverse society. We recognise that everyone brings their own unique capabilities and experiences to their work. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity.

We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to ask.

Type of Working

Hybrid