Accounts Payable Senior

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We are looking to offer an Accounts Payable Senior the opportunity to join our UK Finance Shared Service Centre team. This role will be based in Stevenage and from home on a 5-day rota basis.

About the role

You will report to the Accounts Payable Manager and will work within the UK Finance Shared Service Centre. The role will be customer facing and the point of contact for voice and written communication internally to the M Group business and externally to suppliers. The role will deliver the quality and control support to the offshore transactional activities and be a key point of contact.

About M Group Services

M Group Services is a trusted employer to more than 10,500 people in the UK and Ireland. Operating across 21 businesses in 240 locations, we provide specialist infrastructure services in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors.

As a business we believe communication is key. We work in an environment where growth and development are promoted within the business, our employees feel they are trusted to get on with their work as well as finding this work interesting and challenging.

Where we are able, we work flexibly, believing that empowered colleagues are happier and more productive. We want to support our people as much as possible, therefore if you require a more flexible working arrangement, we would be happy to discuss this with you!

As the Accounts Payable Senior, you'll get the opportunity to:

Divisional daily:

• Respond to any urgent postal correspondence
• Answer telephone queries received from suppliers and M Group businesses
• Respond to Freshdesk ticketing queries in line with business SLA's
• Process proforma invoices and subsequent vat invoices
• Process refunds/returned payments
• Support the outsource finance operations partners with process queries and direction on exception processing aligned to the M Group risk appetite

Divisional weekly:

• Review and lead the resolution of the Payables on Hold Report for the business and offshore allocated transactions
• Review and resolution of any Oracle workflow transactions
• Review and management of the Aged Creditors

Divisional monthly:

• Attend key supplier meetings
• Attend business service review meetings
• Formal quality review of payables transactions
• Balance sheet reconciliation production and commentary in line with month end deadlines

Other duties:

• Supporting the Department Manager and the Head of Financial Shared Services to transition new acquisitions into the offshore and onshore team.
• Maintaining process SOP's and ensuring these are rolled out to outsource finance operations partners
• Providing ad hoc training and mentoring support to outsource finance operations partner colleagues
• Supporting the manager, and as required delegate for the manager, to oversee the daily/weekly delivery of outsource finance operations partners, to assure the meeting of FSSC SLA's and agreed KPI's

What you'll bring?

• Solid understanding of accounting principles and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills both written and verbal (including face to face)
• Strong stakeholder management skills (both internal and external)
• Intermediate MS Excel, to include VLOOKUP & Pivot Tables.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Attendance of meetings as required in person and on teams (camera on).

What's in it for you?

• 25 days' annual leave plus statutory holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Contributory Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to a wide range of discounts and special offers through our online rewards platform

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About The Company

M Group Services delivers a range of essential infrastructure services within the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors in the UK & Ireland. We have built and maintained relationships with our clients over a number of years and have a strong culture that continuously focuses on safety, operational delivery, efficiency and customer service. We are committed to profitable growth both organically and through acquisitions. M Group Services, a trusted employer to over 10,000 skilled specialists working from 240 locations, operates a divisional structure aligned with its end markets.

At M Group Services we recognise and value the benefits from our workforce diversity. We work hard to build and maintain inclusive environments and develop a culture where our people feel included and valued.