Accounts Payable Supervisor

Accounts Payable Supervisor
Location: Northampton

Broster Buchanan are recruiting for an Accounts Payable Supervisor on behalf of a leading local business in Northampton.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced transactional finance professional to take ownership of the Accounts Payable function while also leading a small Finance Operations team.

The Accounts Payable Supervisor will be responsible for ensuring supplier payments, expenses, cash reconciliations and other transactional finance processes are completed accurately and on time. You'll also play an important role in maintaining strong financial controls and identifying opportunities to improve systems and processes.

What you'll be doing:

• Managing the end-to-end BACS supplier payment process through the P2D system
• Overseeing the Accounts Payable process and ensuring supplier payments are accurate and delivered on time
• Leading weekly reviews of daily cash reconciliations across a large multi-site estate
• Investigating and resolving reconciliation variances, unbanked cash and late banking
• Overseeing the processing and accurate allocation of around 200 authorised patient refunds each week
• Reviewing employee expense claims against company policy before payments are processed
• Managing, coaching and supporting two Finance Operations Assistants
• Maintaining controls documentation and process information for audit purposes
• Identifying inefficiencies across finance systems and processes and driving practical improvements
• Working closely with operational teams, suppliers and senior finance colleagues

What we're looking for We're looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Supervisor or transactional finance professional who is comfortable working in a high-volume environment and taking ownership of a small team.

You'll ideally have:

• Proven experience within transactional finance, particularly Accounts Payable, cash reconciliation or a similar high-volume environment
• Experience managing, supervising or developing a small finance team
• Strong attention to detail and a focus on getting things right first time
• Confidence working across multiple finance systems and identifying process or system issues
• Excellent organisation and time management skills, with the ability to manage daily, weekly and monthly deadlines
• A strong understanding of financial controls and authorisation procedures
• Good communication skills, with the confidence to work with stakeholders across the business
• High levels of integrity and discretion when handling sensitive financial information

Desirable

• Experience working within a multi-site environment such as retail, healthcare or hospitality
• Experience with workflow-based Accounts Payable systems such as P2D
• Experience working with systems that aren't fully integrated and require manual reconciliation
• AAT qualification, equivalent qualification or currently studying towards one

What's on offer?

• Competitive salary + bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• An additional personal day
• Wellbeing support, employee assistance programme and health benefits
• Opportunities for career development and progression
• The opportunity to join a well-established Northampton-based business and take ownership of an important finance function

If you're an experienced Accounts Payable Supervisor looking for your next opportunity, or you're currently working in a senior transactional finance position and ready to take the next step, Broster Buchanan would be keen to hear from you.