The Role

- Manage the accounts payable team of 5 staff which includes GRN and invoice processing
- Daily follow up on issues within the P2P process, resolving issues as they arise in a timely manner
o Manage the GRN staff members to ensure that deliveries to site are being matched against invoices received and any issues are resolved
o Ensure the GRN workload is being processed so that there is no bottleneck through to processing invoices
o Manage the registered invoice listing to ensure that invoices are being processed through to approved stage and ready for payment
- Review month end reports such as the GRNI listing and invoice listing reports to ensure that all invoices are processed in the month end where possible.
- Review month end creditor reconciliations
- Manage the month end payment run and pro-forma/one off payments
- Manage the month end close off to ensure invoices are booked in the correct period
- Reporting of Monthly KPI’s to FC/FD
- Actively work with the team and internal/external stakeholders to build strong working relationships
- Demonstrate a strong Compliance oriented mindset and help build a strong compliance culture
- Manage team resources and processes effectively to ensure a robust cross-training plan is in place
- Point of contact for Audits

The Person

• Knowledge of best practice AP operations and processes. Ability to lead and manage change and implementation of process improvements
• Good numeracy skills, organisational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent people management skills
• Knowledge of tax regulations VAT, RCT
• Computer literate with a high degree of proficiency in MS Office, Outlook and Finance Systems
• Preferably a minimum of 3 years’ experience