Cpl Life Sciences
Interim European Accounts Payable Manager
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Interim European Accounts Payable Manager
Location: Crawley
Duration: 8 months
The Role
This is a hands-on interim role initially covering three countries: Netherlands (NL), Belgium (BE) and France (FR), potentially with scope to include other countries. The position is responsible for AP and expense process ownership, SAP Concur operations and reporting, and e-invoicing process delivery, including Pagero implementation and change management across Europe.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a team of AP professionals across multiple European countries.
- Oversee end-to-end supplier invoice processing, approval workflows, and payment execution.
- Ensure timely and accurate processing of purchase order and non-purchase order invoices.
Ownership of European AP & Controls (NL/BE/FR):
- Act as the primary Finance contact for Accounts Payable (AP) across NL, BE, and FR.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls and local requirements.
- Support and maintain GRNI clearance processes, including tracking outstanding items and driving timely resolution/clearance with internal stakeholders.
- Produce management reporting and status updates.
- Act as key stakeholder in E-invoicing Project Delivery (Pagero) AP.
- Lead European e-invoicing compliance initiatives and ongoing regulatory developments.
- Support relationships with E-Invoicing service providers and ERP support teams.
- Ensure AP processes comply with country-specific digital invoicing regulations across Europe.
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Support ERP implementations, upgrades, and process standardisation programmes:
- Expense Management – SAP Concur Ownership.
- Own and manage end-to-end SAP Concur operations for Europe (employees, workflow setup, reporting, and issue resolution).
- Review/challenge employee expense submissions and support corrective actions.
- Ensure accurate expense coding, policy compliance, and timely processing.
- Provide regular reporting and insights to Finance stakeholders (spend trends, exceptions, aging, compliance metrics as required).
Process Alignment Across Europe:
- Align and standardize AP and expenses processes across NL/BE/FR, reducing variability and improving controls.
- Advise & support on document workflows and ensure consistent execution across locations.
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Reporting & Collaboration:
- Work closely with local branch accountants in NL, BE, and FR, shared services (where applicable), and project stakeholders (IT/ERP, e-invoicing program owners).
- Provide regular updates on progress, metrics, risks, and mitigation for AP/expenses and e-invoicing workstreams.
Experience & Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum 8-10 years' Accounts Payable experience within a multinational organisation.
- Significant experience managing European AP operations across multiple entities.
- Proven experience with intercompany accounting, recharges, and reconciliations.
- Strong experience managing multi-currency transactions and international payments.
- Hands-on experience implementing or managing e-invoicing solutions within Europe.
- Strong understanding of VAT and indirect tax considerations relating to AP transactions.
- Experience working within a complex ERP environment (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or equivalent).
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