Accounts Payable Manager

We’re excited to partner with a growing multi-site healthcare organisation to recruit an experienced Accounts Payable Manager to join their Dublin finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a visible, hands-on leadership role within a supportive and expanding business operating across several European locations.

You will take ownership of the end-to-end Accounts Payable (AP) function, leading the purchase ledger team while remaining close to the operational side of finance. The position offers a great balance of people management, process improvement, and day-to-day finance operations in a high-volume, multi-entity environment.

This is a working manager role — ideal for someone who enjoys improving processes, supporting a team, and making a real impact on how a finance function runs.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the full accounts payable / purchase ledger cycle

• Manage high-volume invoice processing

• Supervise, mentor and support AP / finance assistants

• Manage invoice approvals and workflow processes

• Maintain supplier and vendor accounts

• Perform supplier statement reconciliations

• Manage weekly/monthly payment runs

• Bank payment processing

• Vendor set-ups and master data maintenance

• Cost centre coding and PO matching

• Resolve queries and liaise with internal stakeholders

• Produce AP reporting and support month-end activities

• Review and strengthen processes, procedures and internal controls

• Collaborate with finance, operations and non-finance teams

• Provide support to the wider finance function including Accounts Receivable (AR) when required

Systems Exposure (any of the below)

ERP / Accounting systems such as:
NAV / Navision / Microsoft Dynamics / Business Central / SAP / Oracle / Sage / Netsuite / Continia OCR / invoice scanning systems

Requirements

• Previous Accounts Payable Manager / AP Supervisor / Purchase Ledger Manager experience

• 3–5+ years’ Accounts Payable experience

• Experience managing or mentoring team members

• Strong understanding of invoice processing, reconciliations, and payment runs

• Experience in a high-volume, multi-entity or shared services environment

• Strong Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP advantageous)

• Excellent organisational and communication skills

• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines in a busy environment

• Currently living and working in Ireland with full working rights

Benefits

• Hybrid working

• Pension

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Discounted GP visits for employee & immediate family

• Birthday day off

• Family leave policies

• Supportive, collaborative culture and strong long-term career potential

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates