OCU Group are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Manager to join the team in our Stockport head office.
The Accounts Payable (AP) Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing the accounts payable function, ensuring efficient and accurate processing of supplier invoices and payments, managing a team, and maintaining strong supplier relationships. This role also involves compliance with UK regulations, including VAT and company policies.
Duties and Responsibilities
Team Management: Full time office based, with the team in our Stockport head office. Lead, mentor, and manage the accounts payable team, ensuring performance targets are met. Conduct regular appraisals and set clear objectives for the team. Support team members in career development via training, coaching, mentoring, and the promotion and succession/talent processes. Adhere to all company processes regarding people management and role model professional behaviours. Processing:
Ensure accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, purchase orders, and expense claims. Resolve discrepancies and manage invoice approvals in line with company policies. Ensure all standalone/No PO invoices are processed via the 3-way matching process. Ensure supplier rejection process is followed and invoices are returned to suppliers. Manage and maintain finance system D365 ensuring accurate invoice data entry. Ensure CIS procedures are adhered to, applying team knowledge and understanding to invoice treatment and processing. Manage the inbox of incoming payable invoices (EDC/Exflow). Monitor the shared mailbox to ensure SLA's and KPI's are kept. Ensure that all supplier queries are concluded and dealt with in a timely manner. Liaise with Procurement to ensure resolution of PO queries to agreed SLAs. Payments and Ledger Management:
Process weekly payments. Manage cashflow. Carry out daily CHAPS/FASTER payments for urgent requirements. Investigate unallocated cash, debit balances, payment on accounts, and request refunds where appropriate. Review and action creditors to agreed SLA/KPI. Reconciliation:
Ensure key supplier account reconciliations are carried out on a regular basis. Manage and control the AP unallocated cash and POAs. Manage and control the credit balances. Approve and send bank payments. Key Skills:
Strong analytical and IT skills. Driven individual who enjoys a challenge. Focus on continuous improvement, delivering efficiency in addition to effectiveness. Strong team player, builds relationships and consults with others, quickly establishes trust and credibility. Strong organisational and time management skills. Robust and prepared to lead from the front. Diplomatic and challenging with the ability to influence others. Strong decision maker who provides assurance. Confident with a positive outlook. Ethical with strong integrity. Effective time manager who can delegate where necessary. High attention to detail and results focused. Experience:
Experience as an AP Manager within a multiple ledger business is essential. Proven ability to support strategic growth of teams through recruitment and organic growth. Proven ability to develop skills and enable personal and professional growth of individuals. Able to delegate effectively for maximum results. A motivator, able to create successful team working and individual performance and engagement. Experience of successful conflict management and performance management. Experience within a hire/construction business is advantageous but not compulsory. Company Background
Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.
Working directly with many of the country's leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms, and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.
We believe that being successful is a choice.
We choose to be successful.
We are OCU, 'One Company United'.
We celebrate difference and appreciate diverse backgrounds. We encourage everyone who joins us to be themselves at work and create inclusive teams in our workplace.
Division OCU Utility Services Locations Stockport Employment type Full-time #J-18808-Ljbffr
The Accounts Payable (AP) Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing the accounts payable function, ensuring efficient and accurate processing of supplier invoices and payments, managing a team, and maintaining strong supplier relationships. This role also involves compliance with UK regulations, including VAT and company policies.
Duties and Responsibilities
Team Management: Full time office based, with the team in our Stockport head office. Lead, mentor, and manage the accounts payable team, ensuring performance targets are met. Conduct regular appraisals and set clear objectives for the team. Support team members in career development via training, coaching, mentoring, and the promotion and succession/talent processes. Adhere to all company processes regarding people management and role model professional behaviours. Processing:
Ensure accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, purchase orders, and expense claims. Resolve discrepancies and manage invoice approvals in line with company policies. Ensure all standalone/No PO invoices are processed via the 3-way matching process. Ensure supplier rejection process is followed and invoices are returned to suppliers. Manage and maintain finance system D365 ensuring accurate invoice data entry. Ensure CIS procedures are adhered to, applying team knowledge and understanding to invoice treatment and processing. Manage the inbox of incoming payable invoices (EDC/Exflow). Monitor the shared mailbox to ensure SLA's and KPI's are kept. Ensure that all supplier queries are concluded and dealt with in a timely manner. Liaise with Procurement to ensure resolution of PO queries to agreed SLAs. Payments and Ledger Management:
Process weekly payments. Manage cashflow. Carry out daily CHAPS/FASTER payments for urgent requirements. Investigate unallocated cash, debit balances, payment on accounts, and request refunds where appropriate. Review and action creditors to agreed SLA/KPI. Reconciliation:
Ensure key supplier account reconciliations are carried out on a regular basis. Manage and control the AP unallocated cash and POAs. Manage and control the credit balances. Approve and send bank payments. Key Skills:
Strong analytical and IT skills. Driven individual who enjoys a challenge. Focus on continuous improvement, delivering efficiency in addition to effectiveness. Strong team player, builds relationships and consults with others, quickly establishes trust and credibility. Strong organisational and time management skills. Robust and prepared to lead from the front. Diplomatic and challenging with the ability to influence others. Strong decision maker who provides assurance. Confident with a positive outlook. Ethical with strong integrity. Effective time manager who can delegate where necessary. High attention to detail and results focused. Experience:
Experience as an AP Manager within a multiple ledger business is essential. Proven ability to support strategic growth of teams through recruitment and organic growth. Proven ability to develop skills and enable personal and professional growth of individuals. Able to delegate effectively for maximum results. A motivator, able to create successful team working and individual performance and engagement. Experience of successful conflict management and performance management. Experience within a hire/construction business is advantageous but not compulsory. Company Background
Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.
Working directly with many of the country's leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms, and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.
We believe that being successful is a choice.
We choose to be successful.
We are OCU, 'One Company United'.
We celebrate difference and appreciate diverse backgrounds. We encourage everyone who joins us to be themselves at work and create inclusive teams in our workplace.
Division OCU Utility Services Locations Stockport Employment type Full-time #J-18808-Ljbffr
