Oversee end-to-end accounts payable processing, including invoice receipt, coding, approval workflow and posting to the purchase ledger, ensuring suppliers are paid within agreed terms and internal month-end deadlines are met.
Reconcile supplier statements and investigate aged, overdue or disputed balances to ensure timely resolution of outstanding items.
Maintain supplier accounts and master data, ensuring accuracy and adherence to internal control policies.
Manage payment runs in line with approved schedules and cash flow requirements.
Forecast cash flow requirements for area of responsibility.
Ensure compliance with UK VAT rules, including correct VAT treatment and input tax recovery.
Review, validate and process all business card expenditure and employee expense claims in line with company policy and HMRC regulations, including VAT recovery.
Administer expense platforms (Concur, Equals) to maintain user roles.
Support employees with queries relating to submissions, system usage and corrections.
Monitor compliance with expense policy and escalate where appropriate.
Ensure adherence to GDPR in handling supplier and employee financial data.
Assist with audit preparation, providing supporting documentation

Basic experience in a purchase ledger/accounts payable role
Experience of receiving invoices and processing payments
UK VAT experience
Experience of data manipulation and analysis in Excel
SAP or Microsoft Dynamics skills
Knowledge of expense and corporate card management systems
such as Concur and Equals
Process-driven with strong organisational skills
Proactive approach to resolving discrepancies and identifying areas for improvement
Ability to work to tight month-end, year-end and payment deadlines
Confident communicator with both finance and non-finance stakeholders
Enjoys working in a team but able to work independently with limited supervision
Has the confidence to challenge the way things are done.

Enjoy 50% discount on holidays across all our brands
Additional annual leave when you choose to swap a plane for a train
Career pathing and continuous development opportunities
Opportunity to take a workation for up to 6 weeks per year and work from anywhere in the world
2 volunteer days each year to give back to what is important to you
A well-being resource hub and on site classes; yoga, boxercise, annual Steps challenge, employee assistance programmes, cash back health and dental plan
Hybrid working
Enhanced family leave allowances

Accounts Payable Controller

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