Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Manager (Windsor)

Location: Windsor, UK

Salary: Up to £45k per annum

Job Type: Fulltime, Permanent

En Route International, with offices in UK, US, UAE and Australia, is a leading business services group providing bakery and catering solutions to the travel industry. The company is part of the Emirates/dnata group, headquartered in Dubai UAE. Forecast to turnover £65m this financial year, the business is growing rapidly and needs experienced and passionate people to help the business hit its £200m revenue target in the next 3 years.

The AP and AR function has been under increasing pressure due to new systems and the high growth environment

Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable (AP/AR) Manager will oversee the financial transactions of En Route, managing both the payables and receivables functions.

Key objectives:

• Responsible for the ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, and coordinating with vendors and clients
• Preparation of month end accrual journals
• Ensure a robust control environment within the transactions team
• Responsible for maintaining financial records, resolving discrepancies, and implementing efficient processes to optimize cash flow
• Take responsibility for short-term cash flow forecasting and currency funding needs and implement improved cash flow forecasting for all entities
• Ensuring all vendors accounts are reconciled and up to date
• Supporting the annual External Audit process for the UK entity and overseas units as required
• Supporting the development of monthly and quarterly rolling forecast process
• Drive improved efficiency in AP and ensuring payment run process is streamlined and reviewed adequately
• Working with IT team to deliver weekly reporting dashboards on team performance against targets to management, providing clear insights into team progress and identifying areas for improvement
• Assist with implementing and maintaining internal controls, processes and procedures in line with Internal Audit

Key Responsibilities

• Weekly cash forecast (data sources being creditors, budget / forecast & prior week movement)
• Month end accrual preparation
• Bank account and cash management
• Accruals & Prepayments
• Invoice processing
• Government pay on time reporting
• Year end audit support (reconciliation work with variance investigation)
• Supervise 2 AP Analyst and 1 AR analyst

Main Contacts for this Job:

Head of Financial Control and Governance

• AP/AR team
• Procurement team
• IT team
• Vendors

Knowledge base:

Strong understanding of the finance transactions function

Proven track record in process improvement or automation

Ability to analyse and summarise high volumes of data with a keen attention to detail.

Experience in a FMCG/manufacturing environment is advantageous

Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with an international group structure

Advanced IT skills, particularly Microsoft suite (including Excel, Dynamics, Power BI)

Use of Business Central highly preferable

AAT/ ACCA part-qualified/ CIMA part-qualified

Key skills:

• Strong leadership skills
• At least 5 years’ experience acting as AP supervisor
• High attention to detail
• Highly organised and able to hit the ground running
• Ability to handle high levels of pressure and critical decision making
• Excellent written and oral English skills