Accounts Payable Manager

Colliers is a leading commercial real estate services company, providing a full range of services to real estate occupiers, developers, and investors on a local, national, and international basis. Services include brokerage sales and leasing (landlord and tenant representation), real estate management, valuation, consulting, project management, project marketing and research. We provide our services across the core sectors (office, industrial, retail and hotel) as well as many specialised property types.

The UK business is headquartered in London, with over 1200 specialists throughout 16 offices across the UK and Ireland

• Team Management – Manage 4 direct reports. Setting daily and weekly tasks including processing and reconciliation targets ensuring these are monitored and followed up.
• System Management – Manage the invoice approval system Compleat, keeping the approval matrix’s up to date and Sox compliant. Running daily reports ensuring the team are meeting the daily processing targets.
• Analysing the aged creditor report, reviewing the key supplier accounts weekly including rent, rates and direct debits
• Expenses & Corporate Credit Card, ensuring the business are paid weekly for all cash expenses. Review and implement a new process for the team to follow for the corporate credit card approvals.
• Reducing the debit balances on the supplier ledger. Working with the accounts payable supervisor to reduce the balances over the next 12 months. Setting targets for the team and reporting monthly on the progress.
• To check all payment runs before submitting to the Transactional Finance Manager for execution and payment. Highlighting any errors ensuring these are corrected before the next payment run.
• Managing the monthly coding corrections listing from Management Accounts ensuring they are all completed before month end.
• Managing the companies bank accounts on HSBC, setting up payments and transfers, montoring balances for month end. Supporting the Transactional finance manager with the daily cashflow forecast.
• As and when required ensure any general AP duties that need to be performed are completed, including - invoice processing, payment runs, banking etc.
• Balance sheet and expense reconciliations
• Comply with all existing KPI’s and SLA’s
• Develop and maintain strong relationships within finance and the wider business

• Proven experience as an Accounts Payable Manager. 
• Proven analytical, problem solver with strong attention to detail.
• Team Management experience is must.

At Colliers, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, we will accommodate any suitable candidate requiring assistance to attend or conduct an interview. If you need any adjustments or support, please let us know when either scheduling your interview or in your application cover letter. We are dedicated to ensuring that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and are here to support you throughout the process.