At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the Accounts Payable team, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in financial processes.
- Company: Join a top accountancy firm with a focus on hospitality clients and a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, 30 days holiday, flexible working, and ongoing training support.
- Other info: Be part of a fun team with great socials and opportunities for personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment while developing your career in finance.
- Qualifications: 3+ years managing AP teams, strong communication skills, and proficiency in accounting software.
The predicted salary is between 42500 - 42500 £ per year.
Accounts Payable Manager
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive salary
- Ongoing career progression, training and support in gaining nationally recognised qualifications (including Education Scheme and ACCA Support)
- 30 days holiday entitlement pro rata (including Bank Holidays) with an additional day for each year of service
- Great pension scheme (Penfold)
- Fun company socials and events
- Flexible hybrid working model
- Employee Assistance Programme and coaching for personal and professional development
- Enhanced parental leave policy (subject to length of service requirements)
ABOUT US
Williams, Stanley & Co is a leading accountancy firm catering to a diverse range of clients within the hospitality industry, from high street chains to family-run cafes.
Our company began with a mission to provide accurate and actionable financial insights to businesses, drawing from our founders’ own experiences in managing multiple rapidly growing ventures.
Driven by a commitment to customer-first accounting, we’ve assembled a team of experienced and trusted accountants who share our vision for excellence.
With a strong emphasis on collaboration and expertise, our team operates seamlessly across different locations, including the UK, Philippines and Dubai.
ABOUT YOU
Our Accountancy firm seeks a reliable Accounts Payable Manager.
The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge and experience of Accounts Payable as well as a strong proven managerial record.
You will be someone who has experience working with a vast range of clients, building great rapports along with managing a team of up to 10.
If you enjoy data entry, team management and can work efficiently in a fast-paced hybrid office/remote setting, please get in touch.
You are
- An analytical thinker with excellent problem-solving and data analysis skills
- Detail-oriented to ensure accuracy in financial transactions and reports
- Proactive in identifying and resolving issues and improving efficiency and processes
- A natural leader that can manage and train our AP team
- Able to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Highly organised – able to manage and prioritise your own and your team’s workload efficiently
- Adaptable and flexible to handle changing priorities and deadlines
- Technically proficient with advanced Excel skills and experience with Net Suite or other SAP systems
- Proficient in Accounts Payable processes for optimisation, financial forecasting, and budgeting
- A strong communicator, able to collaborate and build relationships effectively
- Customer service-oriented to address and resolve supplier inquiries promptly
- Capable of conflict resolution to handle escalations and disputes effectively
What You’ll Be Doing
- Responsible for the AP Function, process implementation and development, team development and client controls
- Liaise with all departments to ensure improved processes and automation across the business.
- Ensuring that the work completed by the members of the team is correct by double checking the work where necessary.
- Processing invoices
- Responsible for maintaining the supplier ledgers for all entities including regular supplier statements and reconciliations
- Employee responsibility
- Defining and improving the systems and controls for the business as well as ensuring that processes are efficient and effective
- Communicating with suppliers and clients and maintaining good rapports
- Maintaining email and other system inboxes and workflows
- Be an active team member and support colleagues in their work
- Reviewing and approving prepared documents on our accounting systems, ensuring high level of accuracy
Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience managing AP teams.
- Xero/Quick Books/Sage systems experience
- People management / Team management
- Strong communication, both strong oral and written
- Common sense and Self driven can-do attitude
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure with good time management skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong problem solver who applies novel techniques to solve issues, challenges long hold beliefs when necessary
- Experience of high-volume invoice processing and automated approval workflow
- Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Microsoft Office proficient user
- Reliable Team player, who can work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders
- Motivated to excel and perform the role to the best of their ability
- Confident to suggest new ideas and listen to client’s needs
- Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment
Desirable
- XERO / Debt experience
- Net Suite experience would be advantageous
- Supplier statement reconciliations
- Creditor list management
- Payment Runs – proposing and processing
- Bank Reconciliations
- Xero Advisor Certification / Quick Books Online Core Certification
Accounts Payable Manager in Manchester employer: Williams Stanley and Co
At Williams, Stanley & Co, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a competitive salary and a supportive work environment that fosters ongoing career progression through training and nationally recognised qualifications. Our flexible hybrid working model, generous holiday entitlement, and vibrant company culture, complete with fun socials and events, make our firm a fantastic place to grow your career while enjoying a healthy work-life balance.
