Payroll and Ap Manager - Barnwood, United Kingdom - Claranet Limited

Claranet Limited

Verified Company

Barnwood, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About The Role

The Payroll and AP Manager roles reports into the Financial Accountant and has responsibility for the collation and coordination of the monthly payroll submission and day to day management and supervision of the Accounts Payable function.

T he key priorities for the role are:

Payroll

Collation of the monthly payroll inputs for submission to the payroll bureau
Ensuring benefits, staff loan, gym membership and cycle scheme records are kept up to date
Employee benefits calculations and processing amendments
Enhanced holiday pay calculations
Working with the Financial Accountant and HR team to check and reconcile the monthly payroll to internal records and follow up on any discrepancies
Taking ownership of the resolution of queries raised from employees
Preparation of annual P11Ds
Preparation of annual PSA returns

Accounts Payable

Managing the Accounts Payable team to ensure timely processing of invoices, expense claims and payments
Review of supplier and employee expenses payment runs
Review of Aged Accounts Payable schedules in month and at month end and ensuring unreconciled items are followed up on and resolved
Processing of finance lease invoices and reconciling to monthly lease payments
Processing of intercompany invoices and reconciling balances with group companies
Reporting of Payment Practice information
Managing weekly BACS payment runs and other ad hoc payments as and when required
Working with other areas of the business such as Procurement and HR to ensure that new suppliers are onboarded quickly and accurately

Team Leadership

Management Accounts Payable team on a day to day basis.
Conducting regular 121 catch ups, offering mentorship where necessary and assisting the team on an ad hoc basis with any queries they might have.
Conducting annual appraisals, supporting performance development plans and setting appropriate SMART objectives

Other

Daily cashflow analysis, including review of bank statements, BACS payment reports and bank reconciliations
Involvement in group finance initiatives as required
Supporting system development and process improvements
Year end audit support

About You

Essential:

Good working knowledge of payroll legislation and processing, including pension auto enrolment, salary sacrifice and benefits
Experience of managing small teams, preferably in Accounts Payable or other related disciplines
Experience of working in a supervisory role as well as being a "handon" contributor
Strong financial accounting systems knowledge
Excellent excel skills
Strong communicator written and oral
A highly driven and energetic individual
Ability to deal at all levels of the organisation
Ability to work autonomously and prioritise workload in alignment with the business priorities
Proactive team player and have the confidence to gain credibility across the business

About Us
Claranet combine pioneering technologies, practices, and expertise to propel our customers ambitions.

Through a vibrant customer centric culture of collaboration, learning, and opportunity, we nurture a dynamic community of the best technology and serviceexpertise spanning hybrid cloud, cybersecurity, networks, and unified communications.

Founded in 1996, Claranet has evolved into a multi-disciplinary technology services provider with global reach.

The company has annualised revenues of circa £520 million, over 10,000 customers, and more than 3,000 employees in nine countries.

In the UK wehave over 500 staff working in London, Gloucester, Warrington, Bristol, and Leeds, or as homeworkers.

Claranet consistently appears in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 as one of the fastest growing privately-owned businesses in the UK.

Our international success is driven by local service, out of local offices, using a mixture of local and international infrastructure,including hyperscaler clouds.

We're working on building an ever-improving company based on openness, diversity, collaboration, and empathy as our core values, a company that aims to be inclusive for the diverse group of people we get to work with, and where everyone supports each otherand celebrates successes together.

We want our people to feel engaged, comfortable, and healthy—and to know that they can belong here, no matter their story or background.

If this resonates with you, then come and join us.

The aim of the Finance team at Claranet is to provide expert financial advisory and support services to the business underpinned by an effective control environment.

This falls into three key areas:
(1)

Financial Business Services:
Production of reportingto support and influence business decision making and overall management of the bi-annual Business Planning process; (2)

Corporate Services:
Development and management of an appropriate governance and risk management framework and the provision of informationfor Group Finance; (3)

Financial Shared Services:
Efficient provision of transactional and administrative business processes including related system development and stewardship of core data quality.

The Finance function is a professional environment and consists of the following functions; Financial & Management Accounting, Commercial Finance, Credit Control, Sales Support, Cancellations, Legal, Procurement & Compliance.

Most of the UK finance functionis based in Gloucester although we have members of the team in London, Warrington and Leeds as well as several homeworkers.

We are a passionate and driven team with a vision to provide a high-level of service to the organisation.