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Posted: 9/17/2026Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading Accounts Payable functions, ensuring compliance with financial controls, and driving process improvements. Proficient in managing supplier relationships and delivering insights on payment activities and cashflow trends.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Accounts Payable ManagementFinancial ControlsERP Systems ExperienceAdvanced Excel SkillsProcess Improvement
Tech Stack
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Key responsibilities & impact- Lead, coach and develop a team of seven Accounts Payable professionals
- Support performance management, objective setting and professional development
- Manage workloads and resources to meet business demands and service expectations
- Own the day-to-day Accounts Payable function across the Group
- Oversee accurate and timely processing and payment of supplier invoices
- Ensure supplier reconciliations, payment allocations and ledger maintenance
- Support month-end activities including accruals, prepayments and spend analysis
- Maintain financial controls and approval processes
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, procedures and audit requirements
- Resolve payment discrepancies, open items and supplier queries
- Promote purchase order compliance
- Identify and implement Accounts Payable efficiency and accuracy improvements
- Develop purchase order, invoice approval and payment processes
- Partner with transformation teams on automation and system capabilities
- Build supplier and internal stakeholder relationships
- Act as escalation point for complex payment issues
- Provide guidance, training and process expertise
- Deliver reporting and insights on payment activity, liabilities and cashflow trends
Requirements
What you’ll need- Significant Accounts Payable experience within a high-volume environment
- Previous experience leading and developing an Accounts Payable team
- Experience with complex purchase order and invoice processing workflows
- Strong understanding of financial controls, reconciliations and compliance requirements
- ERP systems experience is essential
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with financial data and reporting
- Experience driving process improvement and operational efficiencies
- Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels
- SAP Business ByDesign experience is desirable
- Experience working within a multi-site organisation is desirable
- Property sector experience is desirable
- Degree-level education or equivalent is desirable
- Experience supporting finance transformation, automation or system enhancement initiatives is desirable
Benefits
Comp & perks- Core working hours with flexibility
- Two weeks ‘Work from Anywhere’
- 28 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Ability to buy additional annual leave
- 5% matched pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Discounted gym membership
- Access to gyms and selected wellness classes with Restore at Fora
- Health cash plan
- Mental Well-being support with confidential in-person or online therapy sessions
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- 25% off at Fora cafés
- 2 volunteer days per year
- Generous Employee Referral Scheme
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Hard Skills
Accounts PayableSupplier ReconciliationInvoice ProcessingFinancial ReportingAccrualsPrepaymentsSpend AnalysisPayment AllocationPurchase Order ComplianceOperational Efficiency
Soft Skills
Team LeadershipStakeholder Relationship BuildingCoachingProblem SolvingCommunication
Tools & Technologies
SAP Business ByDesignERP Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
Degree-Level Education
Industry Keywords
High-Volume EnvironmentMulti-Site OrganisationProperty SectorFinance TransformationAutomation