- Ensuring that SOX, policies, regulations and audit processes are adhered to with full compliance, across the team
- Liaising with key internal stakeholders, to gain an understanding of requirements and to affect change where it is needed
- Handling balance sheet reconciliations specifically for the Payables and Banking Team, accurately recording transactions and account balances, and investigating anomalies
- Processing purchase requisitions to purchase orders, making sure that spend is authorised and that requisitioners are supported in the purchasing requirements
- Processing invoices, ensuring compliance with VAT and relevant tax legislation, accounting standards and policies
- Promoting continuous improvement and best practice across the business, striving for enhanced team performance and growth, supported by automation
- Managing relationships with bank and merchant acquiring contracts, overseeing the payment of suppliers on a daily basis, and managing the projections of payment streams to support cash flow forecasting
- Implementing improvements for banking activities including risk and fraud management for cash management
- Providing monthly calculations for dealing activities and overseeing the dealing and management of settlement processes
- AAT qualified at least, further qualifications would be an advantage
- Strong finance experience, particularly within procure to pay and banking operations
- Excellent communication skills
- Previous team leadership experience
- Good analytical skills, whilst also being able to take the bigger picture into consideration
- Excels in driving change