Accounts Payable Manager

Role: Accounts Payable Manager Location: NW London Type: Temporary Days/Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 5.30pm Rate: £17.00 - £19.00p/h, depending on experience A temporary position has become available for a Accounts Payable Manager, to join a fantastic SME Media Publishing business as part of their Finance team. The company, based in North West London, creates a series of magazines, newspapers, digital platforms and websites. With a global client base and a friendly, experienced and engaging team, this is a great opportunity to work and develop your skills in a fast growing and busy environment. Responsibilities of the Accounts Payable Manager: * Oversee the accounts payable team and ensure timely and accurate processing of invoices, payments, and expense reports * Monitor and analyse accounts payable processes and recommend improvements * Develop and maintain accounts payable policies and procedures * Work with other departments, to ensure timely and accurate payment of invoices * Manage vendor relationships * Prepare and analyse accounts payable reports, including aging reports * Facilitate accurate and timely month-end and year-end close processes for accounts payable * Train and develop accounts payable staff * Ensure the effective operation of the core bank reconciliation process, investigating any variances and discrepancies * Reconciliation of supplier statements The ideal Accounts Payable Manager will have: * To excel in this AP role, you will evidence significant recent, relevant experience working within a similar end-to-end Accounts Payable job, ideally within a sole charge capacity. * Strong knowledge of Sage 200 * You will be well-organised with the ability to deal with senior business stakeholders in an assertive manner, in order to meet deadlines. * Media industry experience is highly desirable * You will have experience working with multiple currencies. * Intermediate Excel (including VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables) * Awareness of applicable VAT rates * Excellent communication skills, able to build effective working relationships across the organisation. * Can-do attitude