Accounts Payable Manager - Hybrid in Sheffield

Sewell Wallis is delighted to be working with a Sheffield-based charitable organisation that is looking to recruit a full-time permanent Purchase Ledger Manager. This South Yorkshire-based role will be pivotal in ensuring the effective operation of the Purchase Ledger Function throughout the organisation. The role will also provide strong leadership to the Purchase Ledger team. Ensure accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, ensuring appropriate controls are in place to protect the integrity of the volume and range of financial transactions overseen. Ensure monthly supplier reconciliations are completed on all accounts, identifying and resolving any discrepancies in a timely manner to ensure the account is up to date. Ensuring the weekly payment run is accurate and paid on time through the exercise of robust controls and appropriate review and follow up. Work as a part of a senior leadership team, providing reports and analysis, mitigating risks and working on shared tasks and projects. High volume transactional processing ensuring that the charity's polices, and processes are adhered to in respect of these transactions and that financial and reputational risk is minimised. Ensure compliance with relevant laws, accounting standards and policies. Foster and maintain a spirit of continuous development, looking to grow excellent service delivery to customers and create a positive working environment for team members. Establish, lead, guide and develop the purchase ledger team. Implement a performance management culture in line with policies, including making sure that 1-1s, performance and development reviews and team meetings take place regularly and with recorded outcomes and actions. Experience of running a large purchase ledger function and the operation of a strong financial control environment. Experience of working with large, complex finance data sets, managing month and year-end finance processes. Has in depth knowledge and understanding of accounting principles and demonstrable experience of leading a team to deliver within these parameters. Hybrid, flexible working. ~33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years. ~ Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme. ~ Discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping. ~ Excellent pension scheme. To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.