Purchase to Pay Manager

at  The Granite Group

Due to a period of growth, Acorn Insurance are looking to recruit a Purchase to Pay Manager. The purpose of the Purchase to pay team is to oversee the entire procurement to payment process from managing the purchasing of goods and services, negotiating contracts, overseeing vendor relationships and managing the Accounts Payable process.
Reporting to the Head of Finance Operations, this role is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Accounts Payable, Claims Finance and Customer Refunds team
Job Title: Purchase to Pay Manager
Team: Finance
Locations: Formby
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Manage the design, implementation and monitoring of purchase to pay strategies with a continuous improvement approach. Work with Acuity (and other systems providers) to identify areas for potential automation across the function.
• Implementing process improvements and automation to enhance invoice processing/ travel & expenses processing efficiency will be a key objective for the person in this role
• Utilising data and insights to identify & implement procurement opportunities and creating a procurement process to roll out to the business; ultimately to make efficiencies and cost savings whilst supporting business growth
• Liaise between suppliers and internal teams such as facilities, marketing, IT and sales, and customer services to ensure that policies and processes are followed and SLAs are achieved.
• Analyse and act on team statistical data outputs including spend by category and supplier; identifying trends and opportunities
• Produce accurate, meaningful and timely KPI / Management information to demonstrate the performance of the team and identify potential areas of risk or improvement.
• Ensure that invoice and payment coding is to the highest standard and in compliance with dimensions as set by the FP&A team so that our financial MI is correct at source.
• Identify and manage the controlled automation of existing processes and the creation of new more efficient processes to allow sustainable scaling of the team and the business.
• Assist in defining and implementing procedures for vendor management, invoices, purchase orders, contracts, travel expenses, utility payment and other similar transactions.

Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)

• Additional Buy & Sell Holidays
• Company Sick Pay Scheme
• Company Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Generous Company Pension Scheme
• A comprehensive Mental Health support system via the health assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• A wide network of mental health first aiders.
• Our very own reward and discount platform “Your tomorrow”
• Fresh fruit Deliveries twice a week
• £250 Refer a friend bonus
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye test vouchers and a contribution towards the frames
• Regular Employment Engagement including ongoing competitions with fantastic prizes
• Charity fundraising event