Accounts Payable Manager

**Would you be interested to join a leading facilities management company with a reputation for excellence?**

Atalian Servest is currently recruiting for an Accounts Payable Manager to join our passionate and driven team in Edinburgh

**Reference: GRP/CF/28-04/345/PR**

**Job Title: Accounts Payable Manager**

**Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum**

**Working Hours: Monday to Friday - 09:00 - 17:30 - 37.5 hours per week**

**Location: Edinburgh**

**Immediate start**

**Your primary responsibilities will include**:

- Oversee daily, weekly, and month-end accounts payable functions including the month-end close process including supplier statement reconciliations, invoice processing and supplier payments.
- Manage and develop the existing accounts payable team, including 3 supervisors, 12 assistants and 5 outsourced administrators across multiple locations. Drive team performance and delivery of objectives and embed a culture of compliance and internal control.
- Build and maintain relationships with major stakeholders.
- Work alongside the finance leads in each key business area to ensure that the function is providing the best available data to support the business operations.
- Implement and continual improvement of internal controls, harmonising processes to best practice.
- Creation of compliance frameworks and driving best practices within the systems environment.
- Ensuring correct training is provided to staff within accounts payable and other departments across the business
- Produce reports and analyses to the wider business, utilising the query management system.
- Produce valuable management information capable of driving strategic decision making.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders including the Group’s auditors.
- Delivery of all reports, schedules, and information to relevant stakeholders within tight deadlines
- Identification, management, and resolution of potential problem accounts.
- Investigate and handle queries and compile necessary documentation for escalation.
- Work closely with stakeholders across the business to ensure excellent service in line with SLAs where appropriate.
- Understand the working capital position and cash flows, providing a narrative behind the creditor's impact on this monthly.
- Assist with system updates and development of software.
- To perform any other ad-hoc duties as required.
- Ensure payment practice reporting framework requirements are met.
- Ensure CIS tax submissions are completed accurately by deadlines.
- Drive system upgrades and development for accounts payable, ensuring workflows are correctly followed.

**Requirements**:

- Strategic skills and ability to drive continual improvement across the full function.
- Proven experience designing and maintaining internal control frameworks.
- Effective communication across a range of stakeholders to ensure outputs from the function is maximised.
- Experience managing a ‘high-volume’ multi-location transactional Accounts Payable function.
- Self-motivated and able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Have a positive and focused attitude when dealing with all colleagues.
- Be able to take personal responsibility.
- Have a flexible and positive attitude towards work.
- Experience using Microsoft Dynamics 365 and OCR technology is desirable.
- Be keen to continuously improve own learning and development.
- Experience in CIS is desirable.
- AAT level 4 or comparative finance qualification is desirable.

**Benefits**:

- Paid Holiday.
- Employee Referral Scheme.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Supportive working culture and future progression opportunities.
- Mobile, legal, bicycle, breakdown, and retail discounts.
- Eye test and glasses reimbursement.
- Cycle 2 work scheme.

**How to apply?**

** STRICTLY NO AGENCIES **

**Atalian Servest won the IWFM Impact Award 2021 for Diversity & Inclusion.**
- Atalian Servest is an equal opportunity employer and is proud of the diversity represented across our business.
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The IWFM Diversity Initiative award is one of the most significant in the UK facilities management sector. Winning recognises and commends several initiatives that Atalian Servest have introduced in the last 18 months; CHROMA, Opportunity and ONE.

CHROMA is a colleague-led Diversity & Inclusion platform, comprising three networks; LGBTQ, Physical & Mental Health and Race, Ethnicity & Faith networks. The aim of the networks, which are supported by UK & Ireland board sponsors, is to champion inclusiveness,improve company policies and governance, and empower all colleagues to use their voices for proactive change.

The opportunity was created with one core purpose - to provide accessible and equal learning opportunities for all of our colleagues. The interactive Learner Experience Platform aims to develop our colleagues as independent, confident, and successful individuals.

Lastly, ONE is the Atalian Servest innovation challenge. Open to our 28,000 strong workforces, designed to encourage our colleagues to think outside of the box, allowing us to foster a culture of innovation and divergent thinking.

The driving force behind the Atalian Servest mission is to create social value every day, leaving a lasting impact in the communities in which we serve.