Accounts Payable Analyst

Job Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Accounts Payable Analyst to join our finance team. Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role will own the end-to-end accounts payable process, manage company expenses, and handle critical cash management support.

What You Will Do

• Invoice Processing: Own the end-to-end processing of all vendor invoices, ensuring accurate coding, tax compliance, and appropriate departmental approvals.
• Payment Runs: Prepare, review, and execute weekly and ad hoc payment runs, ensuring vendors are paid accurately and within agreed terms while optimizing cash timing.
• Bank Reconciliations: Complete daily and month-end bank reconciliations, identifying and resolving any variances swiftly to support the month-end close.
• Expense Management: Administer the corporate expense management system, reviewing employee credit card and out-of-pocket expenses for policy compliance and accurate accounting entry.
• Vendor Relations: Act as the primary point of contact for all supplier queries, resolve statement discrepancies to maintain accurate accounts and professional supplier communication.
• Month-End Support: Assist the broader finance team during the month-end close by ensuring all AP ledgers are closed cleanly, accruals are identified, and supplier statements are reconciled.
• Process Optimization: Identify bottlenecks in the current invoice and expense workflows, actively participating in projects to automate manual steps and reduce processing times.
• Team Support: Carry out ad hoc work as required by the Financial Controller and VP of Finance to support business growth and supporting the wider finance team where required.

Qualifications

• Experience & Foundation: 3+ years of dedicated experience in an Accounts Payable or transactional finance role.
• Attention to Detail: Exceptional organizational skills with a proven track record of managing high-volume data entry with a near-zero error rate.
• Problem-Solving Mindset: The ability to trace variances in bank reconciliations and confidently investigate missing invoice approvals across the business.
• Automation & Tech-Savvy: A forward-thinking approach to manual tasks, with experience (or a strong interest) in utilizing modern optical character recognition (OCR), AI data-capture, and automated expense tools.
• Communication: Clear and professional communication skills, comfortable chasing internal stakeholders for approvals and handling vendor queries with diplomacy.
• Systems Mindset: Strong proficiency in modern cloud ERPs/accounting software and Excel, with a drive to minimize "human-in-the-loop" time for routine data processing. Experience with SAP and Concur preferred, but not required.