Overview

This role is responsible for managing the purchase ledger for a high growth US Listed AI tech business. You will oversee all accounts payable processes, ensuring that current procedures are followed and implementing improvements where identified. You will be the key point of contact in the finance team for suppliers and will liaise with staff to ensure compliance with the procurement policy. Reporting to Group Finance Director with one direct report.

Scope of the Job

• Day to day responsibility for maintaining and updating the purchase ledger.

• Develop and maintain relationships with your suppliers.

• Managing the AP Mailboxes and ensuring an exceptionally high level of service, screen vendors using Risk rate.

• Ensuring invoices are coded correctly.

• Manage the fortnightly payment process.

• Processing manual payment on the on-line banking system

• Posting manual payments to the system & allocating them

• Aged Creditor Reporting

• Resolving issues relating to invoices and payments

• Assisting with the month end process

• Ad hoc accountancy tasks where required.

Experience

Previous experience in a similar AP leadership role is essential and be able to use financial software and systems efficiently to support this.

• Excellent communication skills are required, with an ability to convey financial information clearly to all staff members.

• Experience of processing high volumes of transactions.

• Knowledge of accounting and VAT principles is essential.

• A self-motivated, tenacious individual able to consistently deliver service objectives, on time.

• Uses time management techniques to plan and organise workload, managing peaks and troughs in workload.

• Remains calm and polite under pressure.

• Team player, someone who actively contributes to their group to complete tasks

This role will be remote for the first 6 months, thereafter some time will be spent in the London office TBC