ABOUT US:

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an experienced interim AP/ AR Manager for a 6 month contract who will be responsible for end-to-end control around our Billing, Credit Control and Supplier processes covering both our UK and International businesses. The ideal candidate will have great initiative and be able to consider ‘the big picture’. Brilliant prioritisation and being seen as an inspiring & supportive manager will be key.
Day-to-day management and control are naturally core aspects of the role, the ability to stand back and proactively assess the impact of commercial changes and consider what the impact will be. On the back of this, you will bring ideas about what ‘great’ looks like in terms of process and seek opportunities to automate and improve wherever you can, supported by our Data and Finance Transformation teams.
Building excellent relationships outside of Finance to be able to identify changes before they happen and build best in class processes to deal with these changes.
This role works closely with Data, Commercial, Trainline Partner Solutions, and other internal stakeholders across the business to ensure streamlined AP & AR financial processes, enhanced Billing & Finance system functionalities and ensure timely payment of suppliers, prompt billing & debt collection from our customers.

EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years experience in AP/AR/Credit Control functions
• Experience managing a small team, with a proven track record of success
• Good Microsoft Office experience, particularly Word and Excel
• A self starter with a can-do attitude
• Excellent communication skills
• Well organised and able to manage own workload to meet deadlines
• Analytically minded, able to investigate the detail but also consider the bigger picture

• Management, development and mentoring of team of 6 – including oversight, review and ultimate responsibility for the output of the team
• Create a cohesive team working function through training and development to include career progression and cross departmental cover with a focus on risk & control
• Accountable for controls across the AP & AR functions to ensure controls are effective & operate correctly
• Endeavour to build a positive team culture, encouraging contribution, listening to feedback, highlighting success & championing engagement initiatives across Finance & Company
• Continuous improvement around process flows ensuring control & efficiency – Driving efficiency & targeting team resource for maximum impact
• Manage the payables function, ensuring timely and accurate payment of supplier invoices
• Manage client collections, aged debtors & credit risk
• Manage client billing, ensuring accurate and timely billing with a key focus to create efficiencies from recent investment in our new billing system
• Development of KPI metrics and reporting to Senior Management
• Driving team responsiveness & performance against SLA’s
• Maintain debtor and creditor balance sheet reconciliations
• Feed AP and T&E data into Sustainability and HMRC reporting
• Manage all Corporate Card spend and ensure submitted within SLA
• Involvement with system implementations and improvements, feeding into our ongoing finance transformation project
• Input into the Group audit process throughout the year, reviewing and providing relevant audit requests and liaising with auditors on queries/issues
• Work closely with the wider Finance teams to provide insight and reporting