AP Supervisor 6 month FTC

Accounts Payable Supervisor - 6 Month FTC

Reading | Office Based
£40,000 - £50,000 + Benefits

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Accounts Payable Supervisor to join a well-established organisation on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

Due to the requirement, candidates will need to be available at short notice.

Accounts Payable Supervisor - 6 Month FTC

Aldermaston - Office Based
£40,000 - £50,000 + Benefits

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Accounts Payable Supervisor to join a well-established organisation on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

This is a hands-on leadership role with responsibility for a sizeable transactional finance team, ensuring the AP function operates efficiently, accurately and to a high standard. Alongside managing the day-to-day workload, you will help strengthen processes, improve controls and support wider improvements across the purchase-to-pay cycle.

Due to the requirement, candidates will need to be available at short notice.

Accounts Payable Supervisor Responsibilities

• Lead and support the Accounts Payable team
• Organise team activity to ensure workloads and deadlines are achieved
• Hands on invoice processing and payments
• Review and approve payment activity across both UK and international suppliers
• Ensure supplier accounts are kept accurate and investigate differences
• Handle supplier and internal finance queries where escalation is required
• Work with stakeholders to improve the flow of invoices and approvals
• Assist with period-end activity relating to Accounts Payable and purchase ledger
• Monitor team performance and provide relevant reporting to support
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve efficiency
• Help maintain effective approval controls across purchasing and payment

Accounts Payable Supervisor Requirements

• Strong background within Accounts Payable
• Previous experience leading and developing a transactional finance team
• Good understanding of the full purchase-to-pay lifecycle
• Experience improving AP processes, controls or ways of working
• Confident managing payment runs, reconciliations and control accounts
• Strong systems capability
• Good Excel skills, including lookups and PivotTables
• Comfortable dealing with senior stakeholders and suppliers
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Confident problem-solver who can deal with issues independently
• Must be available to start at short notice

Accounts Payable Supervisor Benefits

• 6 month fixed-term contract
• £40,000 - £50,000 salary
• Reading location
• Fully office-based position
• Great benefits

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