Job description
VANRATH are delighted to be partnering with a market-leading FMCG company in the search for an experienced Accounts Payable Supervisor to join their dynamic finance team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and detail-oriented professional to play a key role in managing the Accounts Payable function within a fast-paced, high-volume environment. The successful candidate will lead a team of AP Associates, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of invoices, maintaining strong supplier relationships, and driving continuous improvement across the function.
What you'll get
- Hybrid working
- Career progression
- Excellent company benefits
What you'll do
- Lead and manage a team
- Monitor and report on KPIs such as processing volumes, write-offs, blocked items, and on-time performance to drive continuous improvement
- Provide leadership, mentoring, and identify training needs within the team
- Oversee goods/invoice receipt variance resolution, query handling, and accrual processes
- Ensure timely invoice payments while taking advantage of available discounts
- Manage supplier statement reconciliations
- VAT compliance and resolve queries professionally
- Calculate and report monthly performance metrics
- Develop, document, and maintain standard AP and payment processes
- Drive process improvements and promote standardisation across AP
About you
- Proven experience in Accounts Payable, ideally within a fast-paced or FMCG environment
- Previous experience supervising or leading a team in a finance function
- Strong understanding of end-to-end AP processes, including invoice processing, reconciliations, and accruals
- Familiarity with finance systems such as SAP (or similar ERP systems)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ability to analyse and report on financial data
- Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail
For further information on this vacancy, or any other Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Chanel Gillen in the strictest confidence.
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