Accounts Payable - Team Leader

at  DMG Events

ABOUT US

dmg events is an international exhibitions and publishing company. We attract more than 425,000 visitors to our global portfolio of 80 exhibitions each year. Through our global events, our aim is simple. We want to accelerate business through face-to-face events, which is why we work so hard to bring people together, creating opportunities for them to network, learn and do business. dmg events is part of the Daily Mail Group Trust (DMGT). DMGT Manages a diverse, multinational portfolio of companies with total revenues of £2bn, that provide businesses and consumers with compelling information, analysis, insight, events, news, and entertainment.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Leadership of the Accounts Payable Team using the performance management and development process that provides an overall context and framework to encourage employee contribution and includes goals and KPI’s setting, feedback, and performance development planning.
• Responsible for identifying opportunities to improve business operations, maintain ongoing cost governance and work with key business unit managers
• Manage month-end reporting and vendor account reconciliations as well as half-year and full-year-end
• Review and manage periodic payment runs, ensuring the accuracy and quality of data inserted by the team
• Constantly seek and lead the improvement of existing processes and procedures to enhance efficiencies and controls in the Accounts Payable function.
• Manage, assist, train and mentor the Accounts Payable team to be competent with invoice processing, supplier reconciliation, query resolution and payment runs accurately.
• To reconcile Trade Creditors and Sundry Creditors subledger to the GL monthly. Investigating all material discrepancies
• To ensure that payments are authorized according to the latest bank mandates
• Keep informed of the latest taxation requirements
• To do any other tasks as requested by management from time to time

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Should have considerable accounting knowledge and how the Accounts Payable function fits into the services of a Finance Department.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:

• 2 years as an AP team leader or similar

JOB-SPECIFIC SKILLS:

• Good Finance Systems skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excel and Word skills to intermediate level
• Excellent telephone manner

JOB PURPOSE

To provide and maintain an effective accounts payable service while proactively leading and managing the Accounts Payable team, ensuring that there are adequate processes and procedures in place, to enable effective and efficient supplier ledger integrity. This includes appropriate coding of expenses, and that suppliers are paid as per the agreed credit terms. Efficient processing of payments and minimizing dmg risk of fraud. Further, this role is required to promote a constructive and customer-focused team culture, continuously improve work practices and adopt a business partnering approach to internal customers by working collaboratively and developing solutions in the achievement of objectives.