Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & Supervision

·         Supervise, support, and develop a small Accounts Payable team

·         Allocate workload effectively within a busy, deadline-driven environment

·         Provide training, coaching, and performance management

·         Ensure compliance with internal controls and company policies

·         Deputise for the Group Accounts Payable Manager in their absence

·         Assist with reporting, KPI monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives

·         Contribute to new system enhancements and process efficiencies

Accounts Payable

·         Oversee the end-to-end invoice processing cycle

·         Perform and review regular supplier statement reconciliations

·         Manage and review daily payment runs (BACS, CHAPS, international payments where applicable)

·         Ensure payments are made in accordance with agreed terms and internal procedures

·         Manage internal and external relationships and resolve invoice queries promptly

·         Oversee and process employee expense claims in line with company policy

·         Ensure timely submission and reconciliation of all corporate card statements, including month end reconciliation

·         Support month-end close activities relating to payables

·         Maintain robust financial controls across the AP function

Qualifications and Skills:

Essential

·         Proven experience in an Accounts Payable supervisory role

·         Strong Excel skills (including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, data analysis and reconciliations)

·         Strong reconciliation skills with excellent attention to detail

·         Ability to lead and motivate a small team in a high transactional volume environment

·         Strong understanding of financial controls and compliance

·         Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills

Desirable

·         Experience within the legal sector or professional services environment

·         Exposure to system implementations or process improvement projects

Personal Attributes

·         Detail-oriented and methodical

·         Proactive and solutions-focused

·         Calm under pressure with the ability to prioritise effectively

·         Strong communicator with the ability to build relationships across departments

·         Collaborative and supportive leadership style

 Company Core Values:

• Aspire: To challenge convention, an entrepreneur with energy for change. To be the best that we can be 
• Integrate: Bring together people and systems into a cohesive force
• Innovate: To creatively evolve our working practices, use our revenue and resources in a virtuous cycle of improving our people, systems and growth 
• Commit: To delivering excellent client experience and working with integrity, investing in long term relationships, creating a strong market position and delivering sustained commercial advantage