Accounts Payable Team Lead - Belfast, United Kingdom - TP ICAP

TP ICAP
TP ICAP
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Belfast, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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  • Group Overview:
The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.


Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.

Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.

The Group is home to a stable of premium brands.

Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.

The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong.

We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.


Role Overview:

  • Day to day supervision of the Accounts Payable team EMEA
  • Support the team giving guidance on Accounts Payable procedures and processes
  • Responsible for the timely processing and payment of all supplier invoices and staff expense claims
  • Responsible for the administration of the Corporate card account
  • Responsible for charging invoices to the correct accounts and cost centres
  • Recommend and implement improvements to the systems, processes and procedures
  • Ensure governance and controls are in place and monitored
  • Ensure adherence to payment terms and no late payments are made
  • Ensure compliance with policies and guidelines and monitor and record any breaches
  • Deliver regular meaningful management information
  • Deliver Government reports
  • Ensure correct treatment of VAT
  • Oversee the BACS / CHAPS payment runs ensuring compliance with delegated authorisation and signatories

Role Responsibilities:

  • Ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal policies that relate to you, your role or any other activities for which you have any level of responsibility;
  • Report any breaches of policy to Compliance and/ or your supervisor as described in the policy;
  • Escalate risk events immediately and log them within 24 hours using the risk event capture form on the intranet;
  • Provide input if requested to the Risk and Control Self-Assessment process, scenario analysis, 'Deep Dive' reviews and any other risk management processes, as required.

Experience / Competences:

  • Supervisor experience in an accounting environment, interacting with stakeholders across multiple functions and locations desirable
  • Experience of processing a high volume of invoices on a monthly basis
  • Experience of working to strict month end close deadlines
  • Experience of dealing with multiple AP subledgers and multicurrency transactions
  • Experience of payment platforms and banking software
  • Experience of reporting in a KPI driven environment
  • Experience of processing in a controls environment and evidence of controls process improvement
  • Experience of working in a Corporate/large firm environment
  • Experience of dealing with stakeholder queries
  • Skilled in the use of Excel and reporting packages such as Discoverer/ORBIT/Hubble
Knowledge- Ability to analyse problems, propose remedies and implement a solution- Ability to react to changing requirements and adjust processes and approach- Ability to work to tight deadlines and demonstrate initiative


Skills:


  • Leadership skills and ability to mobilise teams
  • Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships across functional areas
  • Strong organisational and project management skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Right to live and work in the UK

Company Statement:
The TP ICAP Group is committed to promoting Equality and Diversity and encouraging a culture that actively values difference.

It is recognised that employees from different backgrounds and experiences can bring valuable insights to the work environment and enhance the way we work.

TP ICAP aims to create a positive, cohesive and inclusive culture, where diversity is valued, respected and built upon. The objective is to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that reflects the global markets in which we work.

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UK - City Quays - Belfast
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