Accounts Payable Supervisor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Accounts Payable Supervisor to lead and oversee the delivery of a high-quality Accounts Payable service within a respected higher education institution. We are seeking a knowledgeable, detail-focused AP professional to ensure accurate and timely processing of supplier payments, maintain strong financial controls, and support effective financial reporting.

You will play a critical role in supervising the Accounts Payable function, guiding Finance Officers, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring compliance with university financial policies and audit requirements.

Role Information

• Contract type: Permanent
• Salary: £35,000 - £38,000
• Working Hours: 35 hours per week
• Location: Camden

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the Accounts Payable function, ensuring high-quality, timely, and accurate processing of financial transactions.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and guidance to Finance Officers, ensuring delegated tasks are completed effectively.
• Act as the primary point of contact for Accounts Payable matters during internal and external audits.
• Process supplier invoices, including scanning, registering, matching to purchase orders and goods receipts.
• Ensure supplier invoices are authorised correctly in line with University financial policies and delegated authority.
• Process supplier payments using appropriate online banking systems and accurately record them on the University's finance IT system (e.g., Agresso/Unit4).
• Perform regular reconciliations, including aged creditors, supplier statements, bank items, and other balance sheet accounts.
• Run and review the weekly aged creditors report, ensuring clear and documented reasons for overdue supplier balances.
• Maintain and update procedures, policies, desk instructions, and standard operating procedures for AP operations.
• Support the Financial Operations Manager in preparing material for the annual financial statements.
• Support the Systems Accountant in user administration, workflow routing, and system housekeeping tasks where required.
• Ensure all AP activities comply with financial regulations, internal controls, and audit standards.

Ideal Candidate

• Significant experience working within Accounts Payable, ideally within higher education, public sector, or a complex organisation.
• Strong working knowledge of financial controls, AP best practice, invoice processing, reconciliations, and supplier management.
• Skilled in using finance IT systems - ideally Agresso/Unit4 - and proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• Proactive, solutions-focused, and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced finance environment.

This vacancy will be actively shortlisted, so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.