Accounts Payable Manager

***Remote/home working allowed with occasional visits to the Kent or London office (currently once a fortnight)***

Our people are everything to us. The way they deliver exceptional experiences every day for our customers, for their colleagues. The way they own what they do. Their 'Why's it like that?' curiosity. How they always think of others and work together to get things done. For us, for you, make do will never do. Good enough? Not even close. Come and do the best work of your life alongside lovely colleagues. Come to Saga.

And right now, we are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Manager to oversee our Overheads team. You will be line managing a team of up to 4 staff who between them will be processing up to 50,000 invoices per year via Coupa and Dream.

You will support your team with empathy and encouragement to achieve their objectives and reach their maximum potential. You will ensure your team completes tasks in a timely manner, identify process improvements and implement those change as required. Additionally, you will provide MI weekly to the Group Finance Controller.

And in return, you can look forward to all the responsibility and involvement of an integral role, providing you with a rewarding and fast-paced career with an excellent benefits package.

So, if this is of interest to you then we would be keen to hear from you!

• Management of the day-to-day AP tasks including monitoring of the performance of the AP Clerks.
• Supporting the team to fulfil their objectives, including providing ongoing training.
• Manage team absence to ensure all team workflow is completed without interruption.
• Monitoring of numerous workflow queues and reallocating AP resource where necessary to address highest priority items.
• Ensure supplier payments are made on time, reporting reasons for payment over terms.
• Maintaining relationships with business partners and assist with any queries as they arise.
• Managing the Supplier Engagement project to work with key suppliers and onboard them to the Coupa Supplier Portal in order to enable electronic invoicing.
• Monitoring key supplier accounts to ensure no delays are experienced – this includes regular liaison with these suppliers and reconciliations of statements to ensure all invoices are processed.
• Ensuring all month end reconciliations are prepared and approved within the reporting deadline.
• Review the Aged Creditors report to clear down queried balances in a timely fashion.
• Producing weekly MI reports, providing commentary on movements and creating action plans for KPIs requiring attention.

• Accounts Payable operations experience.
• Team management experience with effective communication skills.
• Reporting via Excel data manipulation.
• People management experience ideal but not essential.
• Organised, methodical, task focused and able to work to tight deadlines.
• Experience of conducting performance reviews.
• Stakeholder management experience.

Our Saga Values:

• Precision Pace - Always owning and making things happen.
• Empathy – Always aware of others.
• Curiosity – Always asking why.
• Collaboration – Always one team, the Saga team!

Over the past 70 years we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. The Saga brand has become one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for its high quality products and exceptional standards of service. These include cruises and holidays, insurance, personal finance and the Saga Magazine.

At Saga we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement. We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better.

Fair consideration is given to applications from all applicants, including those with disabilities and those over who are over 50 as we are champions of age inclusivity. We are an official Disability Confident employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required. For more information on our DEI policies please visit our Saga Careers page.

Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.

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The standard benefits when you join Saga include:

• Remote working available where possible

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the choice to buy a further 5 days annual leave per year

• Free private medical insurance after 1 years' service

• Workplace Pension

• AXA Be Supported

• A range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies