Job Description: Accounts Payable Manager Hybrid working with up to 4 days per week working from home Salford Quays Manchester or Kirkstall Forge Leeds Permanent Salary up to £55K per annum dependent upon experience Fantastic benefits including 10% management bonus scheme Full time 37.5 hours per week We make health happen Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day. As our Accounts Payable Manager you’ll be responsible for leading and developing the Accounts Payable teams to ensure that supplier invoices are processed and paid on a timely basis and in accordance with Bupa’s Procure to Pay Policy, Regulatory requirements and internal ambition. You’ll have ownership of the Accounts payable process for one of our biggest unit’s with circa £850M & 250K invoices per annum. You’ll lead the management of the day-to-day activities across multiple Accounts Payable ledgers and using multiple currencies covering both ‘trade’ / Supplier payments and non-Supplier payments. Some key responsibilities: Ensure that Bupa’s Risk Management Framework is adhered to. This includes ensuring all material risks are identified, assessed, managed by effective controls, and that monitoring takes place to ensure the position against risk thresholds and risk appetite is understood. Lead direct reports to ensure professionalism and development of the teams and alignment to Supplier Relationship Management and Procurement Operations. Build effective business partner relationships across all BGIUK business areas. Ensure up to date expert knowledge of accounts payables practices, legislation and developments and ensure that the department maintains constructive relationships with professional accounts payable bodies and peers for benchmarking purposes. Develop innovative solutions by challenging the status quo and business requirements. Work with key stakeholders to develop and implement projects and initiatives to reduce transaction costs, enhance automation, streamline and simplify processes. Be accountable and take ownership for ensuring you are familiar with all regulatory requirements that fall within the remit of your role and comply with them at all times including but not limited to Payment practice reporting. Ensure thorough planning and timely delivery of reporting requirements, cross functional working to interpret standard changes and business changes that may impact reporting. Identify and monitor KPIs and develop appropriate business reporting on management of invoices and queue volumes (automating where possible), in conjunction with key stakeholders. Present to internal teams and steering groups including Prompt Payment forum to provide insight into business problems and give the ability to develop remedial action planning. Liaise with auditors, tax authorities, Regulatory authorities as required. Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role: A solid understanding of AP accounting with relevant technical skills. 5-10 years of experience in a P2P department of a multinational Company. Comprehensive understanding of P.O. and non-P.O. process and order to payment technologies. Strong ability to build relationships and networks with multiple functions and at the leadership levels. Skilled leader, mentor and trainer. Track record of successfully managing teams and developing staff. Good commercial acumen coupled with strong technical finance skills. Experience of improving and developing robust, efficient financial processes and controls. Excellent and proven communication, influencing and negotiation skills at all levels and across all functions. Strong leadership and influencing skills. Ability to respectfully challenge Senior leadership. Ability to identify and drive process change and improvement. Passion for developing a high performance organisation. Benefits Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more: • 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell • Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind • An enhanced pension plan and life insurance • Annual performance-based bonus • Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available • Various other benefits and online discounts Why Bupa? We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format please email: careersbupa.com Time Type: Full time Job Area: Finance & Accounting Locations: Bupa Place Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference. Please introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that sounds like a good match.