Job Introduction

Exciting Opportunity: Join Our Finance Team as an Accounts Payable Manager!

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role as the Accounts Payable Manager overseeing the Accounts Payable UK & ROI team? In this position, you will lead and develop two Team Leaders and direct reports, ensuring accurate supplier payments and efficient colleague expense processing.

Success in this role hinges on collaboration, motivation, and goal orientation, coupled with a keen focus on innovation and improvement. Experience or a solid understanding of electronic data interchange (EDI) or optical character recognition (OCR) is essential. A hands-on approach and practical mindset are key attributes for excelling in this position.

Located at Junction 41 in Wakefield, with a flexible, hybrid work model, colleagues are expected to work in the office for a minimum of two days per week, with additional attendance as required. This opportunity offers a platform to make a substantial impact within our team. Join us in driving success and innovation – apply today to be part of our incredible team!

Role Responsibility

• Collaborate effectively with key stakeholders: buyers, merchandise planners, suppliers, and the treasury team
• Drive continuous improvement and streamline processes through automation
• Strengthen controls for enhanced efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness
• Resolves queries from suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Creation and monitoring of creditor reporting, KPI’s and SLA’s
• Ensures the timely and accurate processing and payment of supplier invoices and staff expenses
• Builds and maintain effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, with the ability to flex style to suit audience
• Ensure clear SMART objectives are in place that are part of 121’s and reviews

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in leading AP teams, especially through periods of significant change
• Strong IT and analytical skills; ability to interpret and present data
• Excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to flex style to suit audience
• Demonstrable record of process improvement and development of others
• Personable, engaging, highly motivated, resilient, organised, and able to manage differing (sometimes competing) priorities

About the Company

Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland.  In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer.  This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.  

In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial well-being.

Benefits

• 25% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
• Save As You Earn scheme
• Financial Wellbeing Support       
  • Financial Education Tools
  • Salary Advance
• Seasonal incentive schemes
• Opportunity to apply for Retail Apprenticeships
• Access to blended learning and development content
• Discounted mobile phone contracts
• Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
• Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing

This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly. 

No agencies, please.

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