AP Manager

London (hybrid working)

We are recruiting for an Accounts Payable Manager to lead AP across the organisation as a whole, covering roughly a dozen entities across multiple countries, several currencies, and a mix of clinical and corporate suppliers. This is a hands-on role: you own the process, you own the numbers, and you are the person the business turns to when an AP question needs a clean answer. You will lead, coach and develop a small AP team, and act as the technical reference point on anything AP-related, from invoice capture through to accruals, prepayments and GRNI at month-end. We need someone who can operate autonomously from day one, set the standard for the team, and hold suppliers, budget owners and sites to that standard.

Key responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end AP cycle across all entities, including invoice capture, coding, approvals, posting and payment.
• Lead, coach and develop the AP team, setting KPIs, managing workload allocation and driving continuous improvement.
• Serve as the reference point for AP technical questions, including VAT treatment, cut-off, intercompany, cross-border and disputed items.
• Own month-end AP close, including accruals, prepayments, GRNI, supplier statement reconciliations, aged creditor review and AP-related balance sheet accounts.
• Ensure AP data integrity in the accounting system across all entities, and maintain the supplier master while enforcing onboarding controls.
• Manage weekly and ad-hoc payment runs across multiple currencies, partnering with Treasury on cash forecasting inputs.
• Act as escalation point for sites, suppliers and budget holders, resolving issues at source rather than routing them upward.
• Support external auditors on AP, accruals and prepayment workstreams at year-end.
• Drive process and control improvements across the AP stack and the wider procure-to-pay flow.