Accounts Payable Manager

Overview of role

📍 Location: Liverpool, Merseyside

💰 Salary: £45,000pa - £50,000pa
🏢 Hybrid Working: On average 2 days in the office per week (subject to business requirements)
📆 Permanent

We're looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Manager to lead assigned teams and processes within ABF.

Reporting to the Group Accounts Payable Manager, you'll ensure an accurate, efficient and responsive supplier payment service. You'll oversee daily operations, develop colleagues, manage service performance and improve AP processes. Working with the Group Accounts Payable Manager and key stakeholders, you'll resolve issues, maintain strong controls and support wider purchase-to-pay improvements.

✨ Why Join Us?

We believe in rewarding our employees and providing a supportive work environment. Here's what you'll get:

✅ Competitive Benefits Package including:

💼 Competitive Salary
🌴 Generous Leave - 25 days holiday + bank holidays
🚗 Free Onsite Parking
💙 Employee Assistance Programme
🩺 Health Scheme
🌟 Holiday Purchase Scheme
💰 Pension Scheme
🛒 Onsite Shop
👓 Eyecare Vouchers
🚴 Cycle to Work Scheme
🏆 Loyal Service Awards
👥 Employee Referral Scheme
🍕 Discounts on groceries, holidays and more.

Key Accountabilities

As the Accounts Payable Manager you will:

✔️ Lead the day-to-day delivery of assigned AP teams and processes.

✔️ Manage workloads, priorities, service levels and deadlines.

✔️ Monitor KPIs and improve productivity, accuracy, query resolution and on-time payments.

✔️ Resolve complex supplier and stakeholder queries, acting as the first management escalation point and escalating material risks when required.

✔️ Coach and develop colleagues through clear objectives, feedback and regular one-to-ones, managing attendance and performance fairly and consistently.

✔️ Use performance data, colleague feedback and root-cause analysis to standardise processes and deliver measurable improvements.

✔️ Maintain accurate procedures, controls documentation and audit evidence.

✔️ Support business change, training and consistent ways of working across AP.

✔️ Ensure compliance with data protection, prompt payment, fraud-prevention requirements and the ABF Financial Control Framework.

The Right Person

We're looking for someone with:

✔️ Relevant experience of managing an Accounts Payable team and ideally within shared services or a multi business high-volume environment.

✔️ Expert knowledge of core AP activities, including purchase orders, three-way matching, non-PO invoices, supplier queries, payment runs, international and BACS processing.

✔️ Demonstrable experience of improving team performance through KPI management, problem solving, process standardisation and continuous improvement.

✔️ People leadership skills, including coaching, objective setting, colleague development and fair performance management.

✔️ Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands and use data to support decisions.

✔️ Experience of ERP, workflow and reporting tools used within Accounts Payable; confidence in supporting system or process change.

✔️ Familiarity with onboarding or transitioning work are desirable.