Accounts Payable Manager Location : Basildon - SS15 6EF Salary : Excellent DOE Employment Status : Full-Time, Permanent Why do we want you? We want you because you're a hands-on, fun loving, experienced Accounts Payable Manager who is used to managing a small team and and a multi-ledger and multi-currency Accounts Payable function. If you have knowledge of Sun and Proactis that would be a major plus A bit about us Wilmington plc is a company with a difference. Over the years we've grown by acquisition and as such we have many unique businesses in our portfolio. Here at Wilmington plc we provide information and training to professional business markets via a portfolio of well known professional service brands. Put simply, we enable professionals and their organisations to enhance performance by providing high quality, relevant and reliable information, education and knowledge. Main Purpose of Role As you would expect, in this Accounts Payable Manager job role you will be responsible for the end to end supplier management including the creation of vendor accounts, accurate processing of 3rd party invoices and staff expenses, and allocation of payments for Sterling and currency suppliers. There will also be the maintenance of ledger data and adherence to statutory regulations along with the management of bi-monthly payment runs (3rd party and internal). Management of the company credit cards (card holder claims and payments) also sits within the remit of this job role as does ensuring VAT is correctly recorded and reclaimed in line with current regulations. We work in a controlled environment so we are looking for someone who has experience working to strong governance adherence Other areas you will be responsible for: - Review outputs to ensure that they consistently meet defined requirements and KPI targets adhering to the month-end timetable. - Effective reconciliation and management of supplier accounts - Manage, develop and motivate the team to deliver excellent service - Monthly review of Aged Creditors ensuring that debit balances are investigated and resolved on Debtor Reports. - Communicate with our businesses and other shared service departments to ensure that working practices are effective - Evaluate and recommend process improvements - Monthly and ad hoc reporting to senior management - Responsibility for providing information for the internal and external audit of the function We always support colleagues to develop their skills but to be successful in this job you really do need to already be able to tick most of these boxes - Experience in the same or similar role - Experience of managing a small team essential - Experience of a multi-ledger, multi-currency function - Intermediate to advanced Excel and Word, and technology literate - Strong communication skills - Time management and organisational skills essential. - Experience of using Sun and Proactis would be an advantage. "We are committed to equality, equality of opportunity and valuing diversity"