Senior Accounts Technician

We’re looking for a motivated and detail-orientated Senior Accounts Technician to join our Accounts Payment team.

Working within our Accounts Payment team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality financial reporting, governance and operational excellence. As a technical expert, you'll use your understanding of financial systems, controls and reporting processes to provide meaningful insight that supports business decision-making. You'll regularly engage with senior stakeholders across the business, translating complex financial and technical information into clear, actionable recommendations for non-technical audiences.

As the go-to person for specialist queries, you'll help shape best practice, drive continuous improvement initiatives and support the Team Leader by providing guidance to colleagues and deputising in their absence.

This role is be based in our Guildford office, please note that this is a hybrid working role with the expectation that attend the office 40% of your time.

Pay: Circa £55,000 per year.

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

• Deliver monthly and quarterly reporting in accordance with agreed deadlines, ensuring outputs are accurate, insightful and aligned to stakeholder requirements.
• Improve the controls environment and support the implementation of internal and external audit recommendations to strengthen governance and mitigate risk.
• Act as the subject matter expert for payment processes, providing technical guidance, advice and support to colleagues and stakeholders across the business.
• Own and coordinate the external audit process, ensuring timely delivery of audit requirements and effective stakeholder engagement throughout.
• Support projects relating to Accounting Harmonisation and payment process improvements.
• Support the development, maintenance and governance of standard operating procedures, functional rules, process documentation and best-practice guidance to ensure consistency, compliance and operational excellence across the function.
• Develop strong relationships with internal and external customers, including Executive Committee members, providing trusted expertise, understanding their needs and ensuring outputs consistently meet business requirements.
• Build and maintain an effective control framework for your area, ensuring all payments and controls are completed accurately and on time.
• Develop and maintain performance dashboards and management information that provide clear, accurate and timely visibility of operational performance, trends, risks, exceptions and areas requiring management attention.
• Present complex financial, reporting and operational information to a range of audiences, translating technical data into clear and meaningful insights that support decision-making by non-technical stakeholders.
• Support the Team Leader, mentor colleagues across the wider team, act as a referral point for complex queries and provide cover during periods of absence.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, productivity, control effectiveness and service delivery through process simplification, standardisation, automation and the adoption of best practice.
• Use performance data and management information to identify trends, monitor service delivery and provide insights that support strategic decision-making across the function.
• Manage and maintain effective relationships with offshore teams, providing clear direction, support and constructive challenge where required to ensure consistent process execution, effective…