Payables Manager

Your new company

Hays are working with a leading manufacturing company based in Lichfield who are looking for an experienced Payables Manager to join their busy finance team.

Your new role

• Lead, coach and develop your Payables Team, setting SMART objectives and goals
• Handle month-end and year-end procedures and support with annual audit
• Ensure the smooth running of the purchase ledger department by coordinating tasks within your team, and being hands-on with purchase invoices, resolving invoice and payment queries and coding
• Develop and drive process improvements in our new purchase to pay system and across the department
• Ensure payments are made correctly in multiple currencies
• Reconcile account balances and bank accounts
• Manage a variety of payment requests and queries
• Process company expenses and credit cards
• Provide management reporting
• Cover for payroll if you have previous experience

What you'll need to succeed

• A minimum of 3 years purchase ledger, cash book and team management experience
• Knowledge Sage 50, QuickBooks and ERP and working with automated finance systems would be advantageous
• Payroll experience is desirable although not essential
• GCSE Maths and English Grade A*- C
• Accurate with excellent attention to detail
• Able to interpret information and identify anomalies
• Fast and accurate high volume processing skills
• Numerate and analytical
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and develop
• Productive working relationships
• Good all-round administration ability
• Self-motivated with an analytical approach to work
• Well-planned and highly organised with excellent time management
• Able to prioritise workload, multitask and work to deadlines
• Can make decisions within a defined framework

What you'll get in return

• Salary circa 45k depending on experience
• A varied and challenging role with a financially stable market leader
• A full-time permanent contract of employment
• Hybrid working opportunity once fully trained
• Company training programme to develop key skills
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Non-contributory private health care
• Generous contributory pension scheme
• Life insurance at three times salary
• Employee assistance programme

What you need to do now

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