Finance Manager - Global P2P Accounts Payable

Finance Manager - Global P2P Accounts Payable 

Reporting to: Shared Services Manager 
Function: Finance / Shared Services / Procure-to-Pay 
Location: Limerick - Global remit 

About H&MV Engineering 

H&MV Engineering is a global leader in high-voltage electrical engineering, powering the transition to a sustainable future. We’re at the cutting-edge of renewable energy, data centres, and complex utility projects - powered by a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation. 

Our foundation is built on safety, collaboration, and respect. These values shape how we work, how we lead, and how we grow. And at H&MV Engineering, growth isn’t just a goal—it’s a mindset. 

We invest in our people, offering opportunities to develop, lead, and shape the future of energy. We value passion, motivation, and problem-solving skills, and we believe that diverse perspectives fuel better outcomes. 

We’re not here to keep up—we’re here to lead. 

About the Role: 

We are looking for a Finance Manager - Global P2P Accounts Payable 

Lead the global Accounts Payable function across AP, Expenses, Hire and Travel within the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) model. Responsible for driving operational excellence, financial controls, payment governance and service delivery across invoice processing, supplier payments, expenses and related P2P activities. 

Partnering closely with Procurement, the role ensures standardised processes, strong controls, KPI-driven performance and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is an experienced finance leader with deep AP/P2P expertise, strong risk management skills and a focus on stakeholder service and operational efficiency. 

Key responsibilities 

• Lead the global Accounts Payable function, ensuring accurate, efficient and controlled delivery across invoices, supplier payments, queries, expenses, credit cards and related P2P activities. 

• Manage AP Operations Delivery team, ensuring effective day-to-day execution, workload management, KPI performance, issue resolution and service quality. 

• Manage global process owners across AP, Expenses, Hire and Travel, ensuring clear ownership, consistent standards, practical controls and delivery-focused improvement plans. 

• Oversee invoice processing, payment runs, payment approvals, payment release governance, supplier onboarding queries, expense and credit card processes, hire-related processes, invoice resolution and manual interventions. 

• Own the operational management of supplier payments within P2P, including payment timetables, approvals, exception handling, urgent payment controls and supplier payment communications. 

• Monitor AP and payment performance including aged items, backlogs, blocked invoices, unmatched invoices, query volumes, payment timeliness, missed payment risks and exception trends. 

• Ensure AP controls, approval workflows, segregation of duties, payment controls, audit requirements and compliance obligations are consistently applied. 

• Work closely with Procurement on shared P2P processes including purchase orders, approvals, supplier onboarding, invoice matching, approval workflows and supplier queries. 

• Partner with Procurement and process owners to reduce invoice queries, improve first-time match rates and address upstream process issues. 

• Build strong relationships with Finance, Procurement, Shared Services, Tax, Treasury, IT, regional finance teams, suppliers and business stakeholders. 

• Act as the senior escalation point for significant AP issues, payment risks, supplier payment concerns, stakeholder escalations and service delivery risks. 

• Drive continuous improvement across AP and wider P2P, prioritising automation, standardisation, reporting, process simplification and control improvements that improve output quality, payment reliability and risk management. 

• Provide AP and P2P leadership for system changes, acquisitions, new entities, workflow improvements and transformation projects. 

• Ensure AP Operations and global process owner teams have clear roles, responsibilities, ownership and development plans. 

• Promote a culture of accountability, service quality, control awareness and continuous improvement. 

Key experience and skills 

• Strong AP / P2P management experience in a complex, multi-entity or shared services environment. 

• Wider Procure-to-Pay experience, with a good understanding of Procurement touchpoints and how purchasing activity impacts AP. 

• Experience leading AP operations across onshore and offshore teams. 

• Proven ability to manage operational KPIs, service levels, payment performance, backlogs, escalations and delivery outcomes. 

• Strong understanding of AP controls, payment controls, approval workflows, bank file governance, audit requirements and segregation of duties. 

• Experience supporting audit and compliance requirements within Finance and AP, including evidence gathering, control testing, policy adherence and timely resolution of audit findings. 

• Experience managing supplier payment activity within P2P, including payment runs, urgent payments, blocked payments, payment exceptions and stakeholder communications. 

• Experience working closely with Procurement on purchase orders, purchase order query resolution, supplier processes and payments.  

• Experience working with process ownership, continuous improvement or transformation teams, with the ability to translate process activity into stronger controls, clearer ownership and better business outcomes. 

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across Finance, Procurement, IT, Shared Services and the wider business. 

• Experience with AP/P2P systems such as Basware, SAP Business One, OCR tools, SharePoint, Expense Systems, Banking Portals, workflow tools, query management systems or similar platforms. 

• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving and change management skills. 

What success looks like 

• AP operations, supplier payments, expenses and credit card activities are delivered accurately, efficiently and within agreed service levels. 

• AP Operations and global process owner teams have clear ownership, strong leadership, effective performance management and measurable improvement plans. 

• Supplier payments, invoice processing, exceptions, aged items and procurement queries are proactively managed with clear controls, reporting and stakeholder communication. 

• Procurement and AP work effectively together to improve P2P flow, reduce upstream issues and strengthen supplier experience. 

• Controls are consistently applied, audit requirements are met and AP operates as part of a mature global P2P model. 

Summary 

The Finance Manager - Global P2P Accounts Payable will lead the global AP function, manage operational delivery and process ownership, and play a key role in strengthening the connection between AP, Procurement and the wider business. This is a hands-on Finance Manager role requiring strong AP expertise, broader P2P understanding, excellent stakeholder management and the ability to drive output delivery, payment reliability, financial control and practical improvement across a global environment. 

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