Delighted to be working alongside a global organisation in Leeds who are looking to bring an Account Payable Manager to join the business on a 6-12 months basis. This is an excellent opportunity of an experienced Accounts Payable professional to join a thriving business to support them on a project based role.

Responsibilities

• Management of the entire AP function covering UK and EMEA, reporting to Financial Controller, with dotted line to the US global center.
• Ensure that appropriate controls are in place through the P2P process, and that suitable reviews are in place to ensure payments are accurately made
• Perform reviews and identify gaps in the process, suggesting appropriate mitigating controls to be applied
• Contribute to the delivery of the controls improvement as driven by the Project Management team.
• Management of the two existing members of the AP team and the day-to-day AP process
• Apply payment verification as required by the banks
• Provide close support to the existing members of the team with their response to incoming queries from all levels within the group and from external sources
• Improve and develop reporting of key AP metrics
• Work closely with the group's US-based Treasury Director to develop the new global cashflow forecasting tool
• Support the EMEA Offices by answering queries regarding payments and maintaining service flow in the banking team
• Support the business with communications, especially where errors are identified and instruction must be given
• Present as appropriate at team meetings

Key Skills, Attributes and Experience

• Proven track record of AP management over many years, in a variety of settings
• Strong communications skills (written and verbal), with demonstrable ability and confidence to communicate at all levels of the business, including with legal partners where appropriate
• Ability to work within a team and willingness to step in and cover work of junior AP team members when appropriate
• Professional approach to work with good attention to detail
• Strong knowledge of VAT (in both UK and across Europe)
• Strong computer skills - competent in MS Excel (VLOOKUPS, SUMIFS, pivot tables etc) & Word

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