At Grosvenor, we seek to recruit and develop people who share our values - Integrity, Respect and Trust - and have the skills and ambition to help us implement our strategy.

We offer a range of career opportunities - for graduates, property professionals and within our business support, operations and management teams.

We currently have a new opportunity for a Purchase Ledger Manager. The purpose of this role will be to both manage the shared service Purchase Ledger Team to deliver a high level of operational performance in order to make payments to suppliers on time and to ensure processes are controlled, accurate, timely, efficient and robust. An important aspect of this role is to identify and implement improvements in operational performance and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

This role will be to both manage the team and contribute to completing the team's responsibilities and tasks:

• To implement and perform accurate and robust month end processes to ensure financial rigor and regular reconciliation of balances to the general ledger.
• To develop performance reporting, including monthly KPIs, to enable effective management of the Accounts Payable processes and the team in delivery of targets.
• To manage operational performance, identify, mitigate and as necessary escalate risks and issues.
• To implement processes and controls to ensure the accurate recording of invoices received and amounts owed to suppliers.
• To maximise the effectiveness of the Voyager system.
• To review and authorize tasks as appropriate including the weekly payment runs and monthly Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) submissions to HMRC.
• Lead on process fraud prevention within the team.
• To manage the individuals in the purchase ledger team and support their personal development. This will include setting objectives, personal development plans and the appraisal process.
• To manage the team in delivery of desired business outcomes and objectives, being flexible and adapting to priorities.

Key Requirements

• Prior experience of working in, or leading, a Purchase Ledger / Account Payable team.
• Ambition to work autonomously, to stretch yourself and lead a high performing team.
• Problem solving, and experience of identifying and implementing process improvements. Thorough understanding of effective and robust processes for purchase to pay.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, to support the business whilst holding them to account
• Bank reconciliation experience and knowledge of journal posting.
• Intermediate level MS Excel and an ability to manage volumes of data (pivot tables and lookups).
• Experience of month end processes, including performing creditor reconciliations to the general ledger and audit preparations.

At Grosvenor, we seek to recruit and develop people who share our values - expertise, integrity, loyalty and long term vision - and have the skills and ambition to help us implement our strategy.

At Grosvenor we value diversity and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our people. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments due to a disability, please provide details along with your application

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