Accounts Payable Manager
About Candidate
Education/Qualification
- 2019 Masters in International Business
- 2016 Diploma in Fund Accounting & Invest Management
- 2013 BA (Hons) in Applied Accountancy – Oxford Brooks University
- 2012 Association of Chartered Certified Accountants – Passed Finalist
Systems used
- Excel -daily use
- Tetra
- Oracle
- PeopleSoft
- Sage Line 50
- Pegasus Opera
- Xero
- QuickBooks
Career Summary
Current Employer – Construction & Engineering Contractors – t/o circa 600m Euro
Position – Accounts Payable Manager
Dates – December 2020 – Present
- Reports to the Finance Director and manages a team of nine staff (originally three).
- Responsible for recruiting and training the team, coaching, and disciplining accordingly. Sets and monitors the KPIs.
- The team currently processes circa 100,000 invoices per annum via one automated payment run per week via BACs working with Sterling, Euros, and US Dollars predominantly.
- Ensures timely payment of vendor invoices and expenses and maintains accurate records and control reports. Checks that funds are properly distributed to pay suppliers.
- Checks creditors’ invoices and charging for services with the correct VAT applied.
- Personally, manage payments each week for onetime payment vendors which she and the Finance Director authorise and which are then released.
- Works with sub-contractors and CIS regularly and prepares a report monthly.
- Liaises on a regular basis with a full range of stakeholders including Procurement concerning areas such as orders/payments. Liaises with managerial staff and purchasing for authorisation and POs.
- Liaises with vendors concerning new vendor set up and clearing payments within the required payment terms.
- Prepares intercompany charges and monthly creditors’ accruals listings.
- Responsible for cashflow forecasting investigations across country entities.
- Prepares bank reconciliations in various currencies.
- Introduced Zendesk to resolve the Accounts Payable queries backlog.
Reason for Leaving: Relocation to Manchester to be closer to family members.
Previous Employer – Native Marketing Group of Companies
Position – Accounts Payable Manager
Dates – August 2015 – December 2020
- Reported to the Finance Manager and supervised a team of six staff including Accounts Payable, Payroll and Credit Control. Daily assignment of tasks to team.
- Responsible for the recruitment of staff and subsequent training, coaching, and disciplining.
- Managed the Accounts Payable and Receivables areas from start to finish.
- Ensured timely payment of vendors invoices, expenses and maintained accurate records and control reports.
- Checked that funds were properly distributed to pay suppliers.
- Made financial decisions using financial management information and preparing financial statements, and Profit & Loss accounts.
- Responsible for all monthly Suppliers and Bank reconciliations.
- Prepared payment runs and intercompany charges.
- Controlled expenditure and cash flow and prepared monthly creditors accruals listing.
- Checked creditors’ invoices and charged customers for services with accurate application of VAT.
- Liaised with managerial staff and Purchasing for authorisation and POs.
- Prepared Sales reports.
- Responsible for stock provision and stock analysis carried out on weekly basis.
Reason for Leaving: Career Progression
Previous Employer – Bank
Position – Support Service Assistant Mortgage Resolution
Dates – July 2014 – October 2014
Previous Employer – Organisation
Position – Elections Manager – Contract
Dates – February 2014 – April 2014
Previous Employer – Cleaning Company
Position – Junior Financial Accountant – Contract
Dates – August 2013 – November 2013
- Prepared periodic financial statements, including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries.
- Updating the daily sales figures from the online system for the Irish and UK Companies.
Previous Employer – Private Limited Company
Position – Accounts Manager
Dates – January 2012 – August 2013
- Actively involved in the day-to-day smooth running of the accounting function – maintaining the books of prime entry including Debtors, Creditors and Nominal Ledger.
Previous Employer – Privately Owned Pharmaceutical Company
Position – Accounts Assistant / Accounts Payable Assistant – Contract
Dates – October 2011 – January 2012
Previous Employer – Leading Global Reinsurer
Position – Accounts Payable Assistant
Dates – March 2011 – April 2011
Previous Employer – Lawyer Firm
Position – Accounts Assistant
Dates – December 2010 – January 2011
Previous Employer – Executive Agency
Position – Trainee Accountant / Accounts Assistant
Dates – November 2009 – May 2010
