Accounts Payable

• Manage the full cycle of Accounts Payable, ensuring accurate and timely invoice processing, approval workflow, coding, and payment.
• Oversee high-volume AP activities including contractor payments, utilities, maintenance charges, development-related invoices, and grant-funded expenditure.
• Ensure payments are made in line with contract terms, statutory requirements, internal policies, and budgetary controls.
• Monitor aged creditors, resolve queries, and provide regular updates to the Financial Controller.
• Approve and oversee supplier reconciliations, payment runs, and month-end close activities.
• Ensure compliance with the organisation’s financial controls, procurement regulations, and funding/grant conditions.
• Develop policies and procedures Maintain adherence to AHBRA & Charity Regulators requirements, including audit trails, separation of duties, and internal control frameworks.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules, responding to queries, and implementing audit recommendations.
• Safeguard data accuracy and integrity across finance systems.
• Manage tax aspects relating to Accounts Payable including VAT, RCT.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the Accounts Payable team, ensuring high performance and continuous professional development.
• Allocate work effectively and ensure adequate resourcing for peaks of activity (e.g., month-end, year-end).
• Devise Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to effect continuous improvement culture Promote a culture of collaboration, customer service, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee AP modules within the organisation’s finance/ERP system and contribute to systems development.
• Champion automation, digitalisation, and process optimisation in invoice processing, purchasing, and payments.
• Identify and implement opportunities to reduce manual processes and enhance internal controls.
• Act as the primary point of contact for supplier queries, disputes, and escalations.
• Build strong working relationships with internal departments including HSCE (Housing Services), AMPS (Asset Mgmt. & Property Services), HR, Development, Corporate and Procurement.
• Support suppliers and contractors in navigating invoicing processes and payment cycles.
• Produce regular AP and cashflow reports, KPI dashboards, and variance analyses.

Accounts Payable Manager

Manager

• Oversee and monitor all CHI treasury operations and activities
• Responsible for coordinating the cashflow forecasting process, engaging with finance and financial planning team to deliver regular cash forecasts analysing, short, medium and longer term cash performance
• Ensure robust liquidity structure in place and aligned to support organisational business requirements and strategy
• Day to day oversight and reporting of cash balances ensuring cash availability for accounts payable, payroll and property acquisitions
• Manage short term investments and bank deposits, ensuring optimum risk adjusted returns consistent with Treasury Policy
• Establish policy and reserving process for managing cash related to long term liabilities including Capital Advance Leasing Facility (“CALF”) obligations
• Identify opportunities for cost-effective long-term funding transactions with a view to diversifying funding sources and supporting growth strategy
• Manage compliance and covenant reporting for all CHI loan agreements and lending counterparties
• Monitor key financial covenants and reporting metrics including Debt Service Cover, EBITDA, Gearing and Liquidity
• Develop and maintain Treasury Management Policies (“TMP”) ensuring up to date and consistent with regulatory requirements and best practice
• Responsible for Treasury risk management and regular Treasury reporting to Audit, Assurance and Finance Committee (“AAF”) and CHI Board
• Manage counterparty onboarding, due diligence, AAF and CHI Board approvals consistent with TMP
• Support regulatory reporting process and requirements (AHBRA) including appropriate stress testing and scenario analysis
• Provide sectoral and peer group reviews along with ad-hoc strategic advisory support on Treasury and funding issues to Executive Management Team (“EMT”), AAF and CHI Board
• Support organisation wide Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) and Finance system implementations
• Including establishing a system solution for asset and loan portfolio management
• Provide Treasury input into technology projects to drive operational efficiency, automation and integrated processes for cash and banking transactions
• Ensure efficient & cost-effective banking structure to support operations, with optimal security and banking technology solutions
• Maintain all banking mandates and banking relationships
• Banking system administration duties and responsibilities
• Liaising as required with key external stakeholders, banks, lenders, legal advisors, external and internal auditors
• Carry out any other duties that may be commensurate with the position

Accounts Payable Manager

Treasury Manager