Accounts Payable Manager
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Job Description
The Accounts Payable Manager will lead, develop, and improve the University's Accounts Payable function, ensuring accurate and timely payments. Key responsibilities include building a high-performing team, strengthening operational resilience, and improving processes and controls. Success requires emotionally intelligent people leadership, coaching abilities, and sound decision-making.
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Key Responsibilities
- Make timely operational decisions within delegated authority and escalate matters with material financial, control, legal or reputational implications.
- Assess competing priorities and risks, ensuring that critical payments, statutory obligations, control activity and service commitments are appropriately balanced.
- Provide authoritative advice on Accounts Payable policy, process and control matters, identifying practical and proportionate solutions.
- Own delivery against agreed objectives, service measures, audit actions and improvement plans.
Requirements
- Shortlisting and selection will consider both what candidates have achieved and how they lead. Evidence of aptitude, judgement, behaviours and the ability to create positive outcomes through people is as important as technical Accounts Payable experience.
About This Position
What does this position pay?
The advertised salary for this role is GBP 38,448 – 48,337. The final offer within the band depends on qualifications and experience, as set by Heriot-Watt University's enterprise agreement.
Where is this position based?
The position is based at Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh, GB. Check the job description above for flexible or hybrid arrangements.
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