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Accounts Payable Supervisor Reporting To: Group Accounts Payable Manager We are seeking a highly organised and experienced Accounts Payable Supervisor to join our finance team in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. Reporting directly to the Group Accounts Payable Manager, this role will oversee the day-to-day operations of the AP Overheads and Bank posting function, supervising a small team. The successful candidate will ensure timely and accurate processing of invoices, staff expenses, and daily payment runs, maintain strong financial controls, and deputise for the Group Accounts Payable Manager when required. Experience within the legal sector or a professional services environment is desirable but not essential. Key Responsibilities Team Leadership & Supervision • Supervise, support, and develop a small Accounts Payable team, • Allocate workload effectively within a busy, deadline-driven environment, • Provide training, coaching, and performance management, • Ensure compliance with internal controls and company policies, • Deputise for the Group Accounts Payable Manager in their absence, • Assist with reporting, KPI monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives, • Contribute to new system enhancements and process efficiencies Accounts Payable • Oversee the end-to-end invoice processing cycle, • Perform and review regular supplier statement reconciliations, • Manage and review daily payment runs (BACS, CHAPS, international payments where applicable), • Ensure payments are made in accordance with agreed terms and internal procedures, • Manage internal and external relationships and resolve invoice queries promptly, • Oversee and process employee expense claims in line with company policy, • Ensure timely submission and reconciliation of all corporate card statements, including month end reconciliation, • Support month-end close activities relating to payables, • Maintain robust financial controls across the AP function Qualifications and Skills: Essential • Proven experience in an Accounts Payable supervisory role, • Strong Excel skills (including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, data analysis and reconciliations), • Strong reconciliation skills with excellent attention to detail, • Ability to lead and motivate a small team in a high transactional volume environment, • Strong understanding of financial controls and compliance, • Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills Desirable • Experience within the legal sector or professional services environment, • Exposure to system implementations or process improvement projects Personal Attributes • Detail-oriented and methodical, • Proactive and solutions-focused, • Calm under pressure with the ability to prioritise effectively, • Strong communicator with the ability to build relationships across departments, • Collaborative and supportive leadership style Company Core Values: • Aspire: To challenge convention, an entrepreneur with energy for change. To be the best that we can be, • Integrate: Bring together people and systems into a cohesive force, • Innovate: To creatively evolve our working practices, use our revenue and resources in a virtuous cycle of improving our people, systems and growth, • Commit: To delivering excellent client experience and working with integrity, investing in long term relationships, creating a strong market position and delivering sustained commercial advantage