The Opportunity
We're looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Accounts Payable Administrator to join our Finance Shared Services team. This is an exciting opportunity for an Accounts Payable professional who enjoys leading by example, supporting colleagues, and driving operational excellence within a fast-paced transactional environment.
As the Senior Accounts Payable Administrator, you'll coordinate the day-to-day activities of our Transactional Processing team, ensuring invoices and supplier transactions are processed accurately, efficiently, and in line with agreed service levels. You'll act as the team's subject matter expert, providing technical guidance, coaching and first-line support while helping to drive continuous improvement across our Purchase-to-Pay processes.
You'll play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of our Accounts Payable Transactional Processing function by:
- Coordinating daily workloads to ensure Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are consistently achieved.
- Supporting all core Accounts Payable processes including invoice processing, purchase order matching, supplier statement reconciliations, shared mailbox management, invoice workflow management and supplier query resolution.
- Reviewing transactions to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance with company policies.
- Monitoring workflow queues, invoice matching exceptions and supplier rejections, ensuring issues are resolved promptly.
- Supporting month-end and year-end activities, including reconciliations, accruals and reporting.
- Maintaining accurate financial data within Microsoft Dynamics 365 (or a similar ERP system).
- Providing operational support across wider Accounts Payable teams when required.
Leading and Supporting the Team
- Act as the first point of contact for day-to-day operational queries.
- Coach, mentor and support Accounts Payable Administrators to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery.
- Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Accounts Payable transactional processes and the Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) cycle.
- Monitor workloads, identify bottlenecks and help prioritise work across the team.
- Escalate operational risks and recurring issues where appropriate.
- Support the onboarding and development of new team members.
Building Strong Relationships
- Resolve supplier and stakeholder queries within agreed service levels.
- Investigate invoice discrepancies, payment queries and supplier disputes.
- Reconcile supplier statements and ensure outstanding issues are investigated and resolved.
- Build collaborative relationships with Procurement, Finance and operational teams to improve end-to-end processes and customer service.
Driving Quality and Continuous Improvement
- Maintaining robust financial controls and ensuring compliance with company policies and audit requirements.
- Supporting internal and external audits.
- Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, automation and service delivery.
- Supporting system enhancements, upgrades and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Maintaining process documentation and delivering training following system or process changes.
- Contributing to projects and initiatives that simplify processes, strengthen controls and enhance the customer experience.
Essential
- Previous experience in a senior Accounts Payable or Accounts Payable Team Leader role.
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end Accounts Payable and Purchase-to-Pay processes.
- Experience working in a high-volume transactional environment.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience using Microsoft Dynamics 365 or a similar ERP system.
- A collaborative approach with a passion for coaching and supporting colleagues.
- A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on efficiency and customer service.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) requirements.
- Experience supporting finance process automation initiatives.
- Experience working within a Shared Services environment.
At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.
Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.
As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing
[email protected].
