Accounts Payable Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Management
• Lead, coach, and support the Accounts Payable team to ensure high performance and service excellence.
• Manage workload and priorities to ensure timely completion of reconciliations, invoice processing, and payments.
• Provide guidance and escalation support for complex supplier and payment-related issues.
• Identify development opportunities and drive process improvements across the function.
• Accounts Payable Operations
• Oversee supplier statement reconciliations and ensure balances agree with the finance system.
• Review reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and resolve aged, disputed, or unmatched items.
• Maintain accurate records of outstanding items, ownership, and ageing.
• Act as the primary contact for supplier queries and reconciliation-related matters.
• Ensure accurate invoice coding, approvals, and supporting documentation.
• Support purchase order management and supplier remittances.
• Payments Management
• Review aged creditor balances and recommend payment priorities in line with cash flow requirements.
• Ensure disputed or unmatched transactions are resolved before payment.
• Monitor invoice and payment approval status, escalating delays as necessary.
• Prepare and review payment runs.
• Provide analysis and reporting on supplier balances, payment priorities, and outstanding issues.
• Month-End Close & Controls
• Coordinate completion of Accounts Payable reconciliations for month-end close.
• Review aged creditors and drive resolution of outstanding items.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Support accruals, prepayments, journals, and related balance sheet reconciliations.
• Report on reconciliation status, unresolved issues, and key risks to management.
• Experience & Skills Required
• Significant Accounts Payable experience, including supplier reconciliations and supplier relationship management.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring, or supervising an Accounts Payable team.
• Strong experience in aged creditor analysis, discrepancy investigation, and issue resolution.
• Sound understanding of Accounts Payable controls and month-end processes.
• Experience managing payment runs and invoice processing within a controlled finance environment.
• Strong Excel skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience in Financial Services is desirable.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 is preferred but not essential.

About FNZ

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 is preferred but not essential.