Senior Accounts Payable Manager (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract)
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We're looking for a Senior Accounts Payable Manager to lead our AP team through a period of evolution. This 12-month fixed-term contract focuses on driving transformation across our global operation including spending, expenses, month-end accruals, operational controls, and how AP engages with our global business and suppliers.
Our data powers our decision-making. As AP team lead you will own building that gold-standard data to power our spend visibility, empowering critical insights and analysis by teams across Skyscanner.
You'll play a key role in shaping and supporting improvements across the broader Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process, working alongside Procurement and Finance stakeholders to embed best practice.
You're an experienced AP leader who knows how to deliver structure, scalability, and insight with a continuous improvement mindset - this role puts you at the heart of building a mature, forward-looking function for a fast-paced, high-growth multinational group. You will have the support of an insights-driven team structure ready to scale with the business.
What You'll Be Doing
Build the data to power spend visibility, analytics and insight
* Leverage our Workday Financials ERP and additional tooling to create a rich stream of accurate and informative spend data, capable of supporting detailed analytics, budget allocation and comparability.
* Ensure the business is empowered to use AP data to inform decisions - surfacing insights on trends, supplier performance, spend trends, aging, and processing bottlenecks.
* Bring data to the table - drive conversations using evidence, not assumptions and ensure the business does the same through delivering spend visibility and transparency for budget holders and business units.
Process Transformation
* Own and overhaul the AP process, driving consistency, visibility, and timeliness. Creating an operation which leverages best-in-class practices, capable of delivering world-class KPIs.
* Design and implement scalable templates and processes that embed accuracy and accountability into AP-related management information and financial reporting.
* Partner with FP&A and Financial Reporting to ensure accruals are predictable, explainable, and embedded in planning cycles.
Support P2P Process Improvements
* Work cross-functionally to strengthen the Procure-to-Pay process, focusing on clarity of roles, streamlined approvals, and operational compliance.
* Collaborate with Procurement, and Financial Systems to ensure AP processes align with wider P2P objectives.
* Contribute to systems and automation enhancements that improve end-to-end P2P efficiency (e.g. invoice matching, PO compliance).
Lead the AP Team
* Lead and support the team - setting clear goals, creating accountability, and developing people through change.
* Driving best practices across the team and business on automation, coding, scripting, tagging, standardisation and interpretation.
* Act as the AP lead across the business - making employee and supplier processes easy to follow and helping others engage with them effectively.
Strengthen Controls and Governance
* Maintain strong financial controls, particularly around supplier setup, payments, and month-end cut-offs. Create clarity and accuracy on accruals.
* Ensure audit readiness with clean reconciliations, documented processes, and a "no surprises" mindset.
What You Bring
* Significant experience in Accounts Payable, including 3+years/equivalent in an AP leadership role preferably in a large, global organisation or a shared services environment.
* Deep experience managing or improving accrual processes - ideally in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment.
* Exposure to P2P process design or optimisation, and the ability to work cross-functionally on end-to-end improvements.
* Skilled in using AP/ERP systems (Workday) and reporting tools.
* A collaborative, proactive, and solutions-focused approach - able to influence across finance and the wider business.
* You thrive in fast-moving environments, can bring structure to ambiguity, and know how to lead through change.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Accounting/Auditing and Finance
* Industries
Technology, Information and Internet
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