Senior Accounts Payable Operations Specialist
| Posting date: | 11 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 December 2025 |
| Location: | Runcorn, Borough of Halton, WA7 3DJ |
| Company: | Phoenix Medical Supplies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | kal-PHOENIXMedicalSuppliesLimited-45783-64808-en |
Summary
Job Title: Senior Accounts Payable Operations Specialist
Location: Runcorn
Salary: Competitive
Working Pattern: Full-time, Permanent
About Us:
PHOENIX Medical Supplies is one of the UK’s leading healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution businesses. We’re committed to delivering operational excellence, efficiency, and integrity across all areas of our organisation.
Our Finance team plays a crucial role in ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial processes that support business operations across the UK. We’re now seeking a Senior Accounts Payable Operations Specialist to join our Transactional Finance department, helping to oversee complex invoicing processes and key supplier relationships while supporting collaboration with our Shared Service Centre (SSC) in Bulgaria.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the key liaison between PHOENIX UK and the SSC, ensuring smooth coordination of accounts payable activities.
- Manage complex and consolidated invoice processing, including journals and reconciliations.
- Monitor and maintain high automation rates, resolving any EDI or eInvoicing failures.
- Support the SSC with complex queries and problematic supplier issues.
- Maintain key supplier accounts and assist with company credit card management.
- Prepare and support cash forecasts, ensuring treasury teams have accurate and timely information.
- Oversee utilities invoice processing and reconciliations.
- Support audits, reporting, and Net Working Capital targets as required.
- Contribute to new finance projects, process improvements, and KPI reporting.
What We’re Looking For:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in Accounts Payable, with exposure to complex and consolidated invoice processing.
- Strong working knowledge of purchase order systems and invoice automation tools.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Office applications.
- Experience with SAP or similar financial systems (desirable).
- Excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and time management skills.
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent), including Maths and English.
What We Offer:
- 25 days (pro rata) annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Medicash – a health cash plan to support everyday healthcare costs (e.g. eyecare, prescriptions)
- iTrent Financial Wellbeing – an app to help manage and access your pay flexibly
- High street discounts and offers
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Fully funded accredited training programmes through the Apprenticeship Scheme
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