Accounts Payable Manager
Your new company
You will work for a London centred portfolio of hotels that combines well located, characterful properties with a modern, comfort driven approach to hospitality, supported by a strong focus on using technology to streamline and elevate the guest experience.
Your new role
In this permanent Accounts Payable Manager job, you will manage a team of five AP Assistants, dealing with any escalations that arise, alongside adopting a hands-on approach to the day-to-day running of the team and AP function. Responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):
- Lead and support the day-to-day work of the payables team, ensuring clear direction and ongoing development.
- Oversee regular performance routines such as reviews, one-to-ones, and task planning.
- Keep key financial and operational policies current, working with internal stakeholders to maintain compliance.
- Ensure the team follows wider business policies and contributes to periodic reviews where needed.
- Act as a key contact for core finance and procurement systems, helping to optimise functionality and user experience.
- Maintain training materials and onboarding processes for system users and new team members.
- Oversee the full payables cycle, ensuring invoices, credits, and supplier payments are processed accurately and on time.
- Monitor commission-related activity, ensuring checks, approvals, and records are handled consistently and in line with agreed standards.
- Review balance sheet items linked to payables and ensure reconciliations are completed accurately.
- Track operational performance, uphold financial controls, and work with other departments to resolve issues and minimise risk.
- Recent, relevant experience in a similar AP Manager role, with people management responsibilities
- Hospitality/Retail industry experience is advantageous, but by no means essential.
- You'll be a confident decision maker who isn't afraid to challenge the status quo.
- You will be comfortable with change and adopt a solution-focused approach, offering ideas and engaging with others' suggestions positively.
- A strong customer-centric approach
- You'll be an effective and motivational leader, comfortable assisting, delegating and upskilling.
- Confident and articulate communication skills with the ability to liaise with and gain the trust of senior business stakeholders (both finance and non-finance related)
- You will be a collaborative team player.
- Experience working within a global organisation.
- Flexible working options are available with a hybrid working policy of three days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and two from home each week.
- Study support
- Exceptional career development and growth opportunities
- Hotel, dining, retail and gym discounts
- Season ticket loan
- Cash reward of up to £1,000 for referring a friend to the business
- On-site mental health first-aiders
- Monthly, quarterly and annual recognition awards
- Social events
- Paid volunteering days
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