Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Manager

The Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Manager is responsible for leading and managing the end-to-end Purchase to Pay and Order to Cash processes, ensuring accurate, timely and controlled processing of supplier payments, customer receipts, reconciliations and related financial reporting. The role provides leadership to the AP and AR teams, maintains a strong internal control environment, supports cash forecasting and working capital management, and drives continuous improvement across finance operations.

• Lead, manage and develop the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams, ensuring workloads, priorities and deadlines are effectively coordinated.
• Oversee accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, employee expenses, customer receipts, manual invoices, credit notes and account adjustments.
• Ensure payment runs, BACS files, manual payments and foreign payments are reviewed and controlled in line with company policies and approval procedures.
• Manage supplier and customer account reconciliations, ensuring open items, aged balances, debit balances, disputed items and unallocated cash are investigated and resolved promptly.
• Support month‑end and year‑end close activities, including AP and AR ledger close, control account reconciliations, accruals, GRNI review and balance sheet integrity.
• Produce and review AP and AR performance metrics, including invoice throughput, payment performance, aged debt, overdue balances, query resolution and backlog reporting.
• Work closely with Treasury to support cash forecasting, working capital analysis, payment scheduling and receipts visibility.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, delegation of authority, segregation of duties, audit requirements, VAT rules and relevant finance policies.
• Act as a key escalation point for supplier, customer, affiliate, audit and business stakeholder queries.
• Identify, lead and support process improvements, automation opportunities and system enhancements across AP and AR activities.
• Own and coordinate the quarterly intercompany process, including preparation, review, reconciliation, query resolution, stakeholder communication and timely completion of required intercompany submissions.

• Management of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable operational processes across multiple entities, currencies and stakeholders.
• Responsibility for maintaining accurate supplier and customer ledgers and supporting the integrity of financial reporting.
• Line management responsibility for AP and AR team members, including performance management, coaching, development and workload planning.
• Ownership of key finance controls within AP and AR, ensuring processes are documented, compliant and consistently followed.

• Financial Controller / Head of Financial Control
• Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and Treasury teams
• Procurement, Supply Chain, Customer Service and Commercial teams
• Suppliers, customers and intercompany affiliates
• Internal and external auditors
• IT and systems support teams for ERP, reporting and workflow tools

• Strong experience in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable or wider financial operations, ideally within a large or complex organisation.
• Proven people management experience, with the ability to lead, coach and develop a high‑performing team.
• Sound understanding of purchase invoice processing, supplier payments, customer receipts, aged debt management, reconciliations and month‑end close processes.
• Strong knowledge of internal controls, audit requirements, segregation of duties and financial compliance.
• Experience of ERP systems, ideally Oracle JD Edwards or similar, with strong Excel skills and confidence working with financial data.
• Understanding of Polaris and related finance processes, including how system workflows, master data and process controls interact with AP, AR and intercompany activities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to resolve issues across finance, business teams, suppliers and customers.
• Ability to manage high volumes of work accurately while meeting tight deadlines.
• Proactive…