Accounts Payable Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the accounts payable team ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of all account payable functions.
• Take full responsibility for end to end accounts payable process including invoice processing, approval workflows, payment runs and approvals and associated reconciliations.
• Review and approval of weekly travel and subsistence claims in line with public sector and internal policy.
• Oversee supplier management including supplier set up, bank changes and supplier ledger set up and approvals within our finance system; reconcile supplier statements.
• Ensure strong internal controls are maintained, with a strong focus on compliance, governance and audit readiness.
• Provide oversight and approval of all revenue returns and reconcilation of associated control accounts.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for review and approval.
• Assist in providing backup for the annual financial statements.
• Assist with ad hoc finance requirements including payroll processing as required from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills, Experience, Competence, Capability Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years' experience working in an accounts payable team in a very busy accounts payable environment, preferably supervising and managing the team or function.
• Strong knowledge of public sector and revenue rules as applicable to invoices, prompt payment, Professional Services Withholding Tax (PSWT), Relevant Contracts Tax (RCT) and travel and subsistence regulations.
• Strong IT skills including the use of MS Office, MS Teams and MS SharePoint.
• Proven experience using ERP systems in a finance environment.
• Relevant third level qualification or other qualification with relevant experience in finance or accounting.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Effective communication skills at multiple levels.
• Ability to balance multiple deadlines and deliver outputs in a busy environment.
• Ideally bring some public sector experience.
• Ideally be familiar with Microsoft Dynamics Navision, Business Central or a similar ERP system.
• Ideally have some experience in payroll processing or its supervision.

Location: Based in Oranmore, Co Galway.

Contract: 12 month (June 2025 to June 2026).

Transport: Own transport essential.