Accounts Payable Manager
Glasgow • Permanent • £25000 - £29000
Updated - 24/07/2008
The purpose of this key role within the business is:
- To ensure that all the daily activities of the Team and the operations of the Accounts Payable process are planned and co-ordinated efficiently.
- To ensure that there is a continuous focus on the improvement of service delivery to the Business Managers and our Suppliers.
- To manage and develop the Accounts Payable Team.
- To manage all KPI’s and Service level agreements’s for the Accounts Payable Department.
The key responsibilities are:
- Co-ordinate, with the help of the Accounts Payable Team Leaders the organisation, staffing and operational activities for the Accounts Payable department.
- Ensure SLAs and KPIs are met within the agreed time frame.
- Spear head the development and implementation of goals, objectives, procedures, and priorities for the Accounts Payable activities; identify resource needs; recommend and implement policies and procedures.
- Encourage the team to build and maintain strong working relationships with our Internal Customers - Surveyor’s, Property Managers, Regional Facility Managers and Client Accountants.
- Establishes and maintains a working environment conductive to positive morale, individual style, quality, efficiency, added value, and teamwork.
- Responsible for all aspects of staff management within your team – recruitment, appraisals, training, performance management, absence management, staffing levels etc.
- Responsible for conducting Appraisals and setting and monitoring Objectives for your Team.
- Regularly review, monitor and analysis the work plan for Accounts Payable Department through individual and Team meetings.
- Review Client Funding issues; monitor expenditure for compliance with Accounts Payable authorisation procedures; ensure all coding is in line with property budgets.
- Control and oversee the completion of the Common Payment daily bank reconciliation; fully understand and resolve any reconciling items; ensure all un-reconciled items are identified and communicated on a regular basis.
- Review payments, receipt of refunds and procedures of documenting available funds; monitor Accounts Payable reports from the BACS/ Cheque production process; assist in reconciling and extracting summary data reports for reviewing purposes.
- Monitor invoice control operations including the approval of invoices and batch processing controls; implement modifications to improve payment process; participate in the testing of new systems.
- Identify opportunities for improving service delivery methods and procedures; review findings with management staff.
- Responsible for ensuring that we comply with VAT and CIS rules and reporting requirements.·
- Involvement in adhoc project and development work as required.
Who we're looking for
Proven and extensive experience in Accounts Payable and overall management experience.
An accountancy qualification (e.g. HND, AAT or ACCA) or working towards that may be advantageous.
Experience in change management.
Experience of working in the property industry may be desirable.
Ability to working in a business culture that promotes adherence to procedures and controls.
Excellent Computer Skills – Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and experience of TBS TRAMPS, Horizon and Yardi would be advantageous.
About our client
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), an S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world's largest commercial real estate services firm (in terms of 2007 revenue). With over 29,000 employees, the Company serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 300 offices worldwide (excluding affiliate offices). CB Richard Ellis offers strategic advice and execution for property sales and leasing; corporate services; property, facilities and project management; mortgage banking; appraisal and valuation; development services; investment management; and research and consulting. In 2007, CB Richard Ellis was named one of the 50 "best in class" companies by BusinessWeek, and one of the 100 fastest growing companies by Fortune.
In EMEA alone CB Richard Ellis has over 5,750 people in over 134 offices across 36 countries. Our network of local expertise, combined with our international perspective, ensures that we are able to offer a consistently high standard of service across the region. A service that transcends language, culture and legal systems to enable the seamless implementation of cross-border real estate plans.
Within the UK, CB Richard Ellis has over 1,600 staff with offices in Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Jersey, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Southampton.
What's on offer
£25,000 to £29,000 plus excellent benefits
Page Personnel Contact
For more information or to apply, phone: 0141 331 7960. Alternatively, email glasgowfinance@pagepersonnel.co.uk, quoting Job Ref: 12995922