Accounts Payable Manager
Job Description:

SOME KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure that Bupa’s Risk Management Framework is adhered to. This includes ensuring all material risks are identified, assessed, managed by effective controls, and that monitoring takes place to ensure the position against risk thresholds and risk appetite is understood.
• Lead direct reports to ensure professionalism and development of the teams and alignment to Supplier Relationship Management and Procurement Operations.
• Build effective business partner relationships across all BGIUK business areas.
• Ensure up to date expert knowledge of accounts payables practices, legislation and developments and ensure that the department maintains constructive relationships with professional accounts payable bodies and peers for benchmarking purposes.
• Develop innovative solutions by challenging the status quo and business requirements.
• Work with key stakeholders to develop and implement projects and initiatives to reduce transaction costs, enhance automation, streamline and simplify processes.
• Be accountable and take ownership for ensuring you are familiar with all regulatory requirements that fall within the remit of your role and comply with them at all times including but not limited to Payment practice reporting.
• Ensure thorough planning and timely delivery of reporting requirements, cross functional working to interpret standard changes and business changes that may impact reporting.
• Identify and monitor KPIs and develop appropriate business reporting on management of invoices and queue volumes (automating where possible), in conjunction with key stakeholders. Present to internal teams and steering groups including Prompt Payment forum to provide insight into business problems and give the ability to develop remedial action planning.
• Liaise with auditors, tax authorities, Regulatory authorities as required.

KEY SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED FOR THIS ROLE:

• A solid understanding of AP accounting with relevant technical skills.
• 5-10 years of experience in a P2P department of a multinational Company.
• Comprehensive understanding of P.O. and non-P.O. process and order to payment technologies.
• Strong ability to build relationships and networks with multiple functions and at the leadership levels.
• Skilled leader, mentor and trainer. Track record of successfully managing teams and developing staff.
• Good commercial acumen coupled with strong technical finance skills.
• Experience of improving and developing robust, efficient financial processes and controls.
• Excellent and proven communication, influencing and negotiation skills at all levels and across all functions.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills. Ability to respectfully challenge Senior leadership.
• Ability to identify and drive process change and improvement.
• Passion for developing a high performance organisation.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discount