Accounts Payable Officer

We are partnering with a well-established leader in the maritime and offshore industry to recruit an experienced Accounts Payable Officer with at least 3 years of relevant experience. Based at the Cyprus Shared Services Centre in Nicosia, the role reports to the Accounts Payable Manager and involves managing the end-to-end AP process, ensuring accurate invoice processing, supplier reconciliations, and timely, well-controlled payments. Job Description Process supplier invoices and credit notes on time in the group enterprise resource planning (ERP) system Perform three-way matching of invoices against purchase orders and goods or service receipts, and investigate and resolve price, quantity and receipt exceptions Work with order processing and operational teams to make sure purchase orders are raised, received and closed correctly, and push back on retrospective or non-compliant orders Redirect or reject non-PO invoices correctly and route them for approval in line with the delegated authority matrix Prepare, review and process scheduled payment runs, including urgent, ad hoc and critical payments Ensures every payment is properly supported, approved and compliant with group policy before release Process local and international payments in multiple currencies, and resolve rejected or returned payments Support cash-flow forecasting by maintaining accurate payment schedules and highlighting large or unusual payments in advance Perform regular bank reconciliations and investigate and clear unreconciled items promptly Reconcile supplier statements, identify and resolve differences, and chase missing invoices and credits Allocate payments, credits and receipts correctly against open items and keep the supplier ledger clean, with no unallocated cash or aged debit balances Apply and help strengthen AP controls, including segregation of duties, supplier master data changes, bank detail verification and duplicate-payment prevention Identify and escalate anomalies, potential fraud indicators and policy breaches Challenge incomplete, unsupported or non-compliant requests regardless of who has made them Prepare AP reports and key metrics, such as aged accounts payable ageing and outstanding invoices not posted Identify root causes of recurring issues and propose process, system and automation improvements, including support for paperless and workflow-based processing Support system changes and process standardisation Your Profile At least 5 years of accounts payable experience, including at least 3 years in a high-volume, multi-entity or shared-service center environment Proven hands-on experience of the AP Cycle and specifically the three-way matching within an ERP system, such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Experience of preparing and managing payment runs, including multi-currency and international payments Experience in bank reconciliations, supplier statement reconciliations and payment allocation A recognised accounting background with studies in Accounting and/or Finance. Advanced Excel skills Fluent written and spoken English Experience in maritime, offshore, engineering, or industrial services will be considered an advantage Experience with AP automation, OCR invoice capture, or paperless workflows will be considered an advantage Benefits Flexible working hours; Monday–Friday, 08:00/09:00 – 17:00/18:00 Hybrid working; 2 days work from home per week 35 days holiday (including bank holidays) Profit share bonus Provident fund (4%)