Accounts Payable Manager London, England
Job description
About SaltPay
We believe that local businesses are essential to any growing society. SaltPay was founded in 2019 to create affordable, fast and secure payments and software solutions to help small and medium-sized businesses manage and grow their operations better. Taken for granted by banks and traditional service providers, small businesses have especially struggled to get access to the financial services and software they need. We exist to improve their lives and to help them grow by building products that serve their needs, or integrating with the best solutions we find in the marketplace.
We're outcome-driven entrepreneurs who emphasise energy over experience. Our number one priority is to deliver solutions that will allow our local businesses to thrive. Connecting and collaborating with a diverse group of talented teammates in an inclusive environment helps us achieve different results. We learn from each other every day, doing whatever is necessary to deliver the best outcomes for our customers. SaltPay is home to over 2,000 employees in 15 offices across 20 countries, and our footprint keeps on growing. We are fully dedicated to serving more than 100,000 merchants across our network.
To be a Salter
These are some of the core principles of our culture:
- You like to work towards honest, inspiring, and challenging objectives;
- You want to create a tangible impact on the business;
- You have a competitive mindset and work to achieve the best possible outcomes;
- Kindness, humility, self-awareness, and candour are all part of your DNA;
- You are not afraid of taking risks, and you feel empowered by extreme ownership;
- You prioritise the team's success rather than your own;
- You're always striving to become a better version of yourself;
- Problems are learning opportunities;
- You're a dreamer, a thinker, and a doer - all in one;
SaltPay is seeking to be the market leader in driving efficiency and optimisation in SMB businesses across Europe and the UK. SaltPay will be the operating system of these companies from a financial and operational perspective. Providing an end-to-end, bespoke solution to the cohort of business that have been left behind by legacy players in the space is the mission of SaltPay in driving equality of opportunity and bringing the focus back to the core contributors to GDP and Employment in Europe and the UK. The accounting team of SaltPay is key pillar within the business and the finance groups. With ambitious growth plans, SaltPay is at a critical juncture in its transformational journey.
Your Team
As Accounts Payable Manager, you will be part of the SaltPay team. A strong and talented team that's data-driven, inquisitive by heart, and supports every decision based on carefully collected and organised information! Our team is highly cross-functional and works across the business' European footprint. At SaltPay, you are joining a community that will challenge you and invest heavily in delivering the best solution whilst showing great care for its customer base. We are looking for someone with strong communication, organisational, technology and leadership skills. Comprehensive knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles.
Your main responsibilities will be to look after payment transactions and the financial commitments of our company. You will need to maintain ledgers, oversee tax-related processes and uphold the company's policies.
Your Mission
- Manages and supervise the accounts payable department and staff in the organisation, ensuring that all geographies have efficient and standardised Accounts payable processes in place.
- Keeps track of the status of all payment transactions taking place within the company and managing the master data of external vendors and contractors.
- Ensures that systems, policies, and procedures adhere to company policies while functioning with accuracy and timeliness.
- Ensure an efficient end-to-end accounts payable process, beginning with the the onboarding of vendors until payment and accounting reconciliation.
- Streamline systems and processes and implement corrective actions when necessary
- Ensures that the accounts payable obligations are met efficiently.
- Ownership for the accounts payable integration of new acquisitions into the company, including integrating the new acquiree onto SaltPay's financial systems, processes, and control framework
- Reporting to the Group Director of Accounting.
Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related field preferred.
- Excellent communication skills, oral and written.
- First rate analytical capabilities.
Your Story
- Detail-oriented individual who is hard-working, data-driven, self-motivated, and takes ownership.
- Experience in Financial Services, Technology or FinTech.
- Experience of working within a fast-paced multi-national environment.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and partner well with people at all levels within an organisation
- Effectively challenge, ask why and be open to facing challenge from colleagues, with the adaptability to remain agile in light of an alternative data-led view
- Ability to prioritise work and manage shifting priorities.
- Ability to anticipate financial information needs and fulfill requirements.
- Passionate about driving and delivering change to a disruptable industry
- Fluency in English
The Perks
- Competitive salary and stock options;
- Health Insurance;
- Possibility to travel to different offices around Europe;
- Professional development support through an L&D allowance to select courses that align with your career goals;
- Office snacks every day;
- Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment.
- Flexible working hours, as long it suits both you and your team.
SaltPay is a place for people who can challenge the status quo. People who believe they can make a difference in the world by participating in a business model designed to create a more balanced and fair market. More than experience, we believe in potential and that a human's learning ability is limitless. As long as you have the right mindset, can live by our values and that you genuinely want to learn and develop your skills and knowledge, then we have the career challenge you've been looking for right here. We pledge to put our people first, and above everything else, to create a challenging opportunity that will foster personal growth.
We're citizens of the world - SaltPay is an open and safe space for everyone, regardless of their story.
Please note that all supporting documents such as CV's must be in English.
