Robert Half Finance and Accounting are currently looking to recruit a Purchase Ledger Manager to join a reputable Professional Services company going through an exciting period of change based in central Bristol. For the right person the client is offering a very competitive:

£35,000 - £45,000 plus excellent benefits

Role responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Building the Accounts Payable function
• Responsible for ensuring full compliance for your division
• Ensuring that all financial controls, policies and procedures are adhered to
• Responsible for timely and accurate payments to all suppliers and the monthly reconciliation of the top ten supplier accounts
• Responsible for the companies office bank accounts, ensuring daily, weekly and monthly bank reconciliations are carried out
• Liaising with the Group Financial Controller regarding the funding and pooling of these accounts
• Monitoring and reconciliation of fee notes, ensuring the correct and timely reclamation of VAT
• Authorisation of transactions on behalf of the finance department, providing corporate governance and financial control
• Responsibility for coordinating the audit, liaising with the auditors in preparation for the audit, reviewing findings, challenging where appropriate and collating responses
• Building and driving forward effective relationships and networks inside and outside of the company in order to ensure the companies adherence to legislation and the timely processing of payments to external suppliers
• Building strong relationships and developing mutual understanding with the companies external suppliers, to ensure the smooth operation of the accounts payable process
• Liaising with the Financial Accounting Manager ensuring accurate information is provided re cash flow forecasting
• Accepting responsibility and taking ownership of operational issues, finding practical solutions and escalating problems where appropriate
• Interacting with a wide range of contacts at different levels
• Obtaining advice and opinions from appropriate individuals within the company to aid in making process change recommendations
• Applying commercial logic in order to advise the business on best practice in order to obtain the maximum financial benefit for the company
• Anticipating and acting upon changes in VAT and other legislation and to make the appropriate changes to procedures
• Continuous review of processes to ensure latest technology and best practice thinking is being applied
• Providing commercial and legislative advice as appropriate
• Undertaking project work as required
• Managing direct reports to provide a quality service and ensuring that the team processes and objectives align with business needs
• Continuous monitoring of the service levels provided by the team, in particular turn-around times, accuracy and quality of service
• Obtaining relevant feedback in order to make improvements to the processes of the team and actively promoting the finance function
• Ensuring the team has an understanding of the needs of the individual practice areas and business service departments in order to provide a high quality service
• Providing constructive feedback and encouragement to ensure that team members are motivated, learn new skills, gain experience and develop in line with the companies appraisal and competencies processes
• Holding regular team meetings to foster an environment of open communication and to encourage others to make positive contributions
• Preparation of key management reports, applying advanced excel functionality as necessary, to provide the practice and senior finance managers with timely and relevant information

Person specification:

• Strong, proven experience of managing a team within the Accounts Payable function
• Demonstrated experience in the delivery of process change leading to improvements in quality and levels of service
• Demonstrated experience in advising on and successfully applying best practice
• Demonstrated experience in successful team leadership and management
• Advanced Excel skills
• Excellent working use of Microsoft office
• Ability to advise on the functionality of advanced system transactions and to extract relevant data for analysis

For the right person the client is offering a very competitive:

£35,000 - £45,000 plus excellent benefits

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