Accounts Payable Manager

Overview

Lead the Accounts Payable function at FNZ, overseeing supplier reconciliations, payment processing and month-end activities while leading a small team and maintaining strong financial controls.

What you'll do

• Lead, coach and support the Accounts Payable team to ensure high performance and service excellence.
• Manage workload and priorities to ensure timely completion of reconciliations, invoice processing and payments.
• Provide guidance and escalation support for complex supplier and payment-related issues.
• Identify development opportunities and drive process improvements across the function.
• Oversee supplier statement reconciliations and ensure balances agree with the finance system.
• Review reconciliations, investigate discrepancies and resolve aged, disputed or unmatched items.
• Maintain accurate records of outstanding items, ownership and ageing.
• Act as the primary contact for supplier queries and reconciliation-related matters.
• Ensure accurate invoice coding, approvals and supporting documentation.
• Support purchase order management and supplier remittances.
• Review aged creditor balances and recommend payment priorities in line with cash flow requirements.
• Ensure disputed or unmatched transactions are resolved before payment.
• Monitor invoice and payment approval status, escalating delays as necessary.
• Prepare and review payment runs.
• Provide analysis and reporting on supplier balances, payment priorities and outstanding issues.
• Coordinate completion of Accounts Payable reconciliations for month-end close.
• Review aged creditors and drive resolution of outstanding items.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Support accruals, prepayments, journals and related balance sheet reconciliations.
• Report on reconciliation status, unresolved issues and key risks to management.

What you'll need

• Significant Accounts Payable experience, including supplier reconciliations and supplier relationship management.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring or supervising an Accounts Payable team.
• Strong experience in aged creditor analysis, discrepancy investigation and issue resolution.
• Sound understanding of Accounts Payable controls and month-end processes.
• Experience managing payment runs and invoice processing within a controlled finance environment.
• Strong Excel skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.

Nice to have

• Experience in Financial Services.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365.