Head of Accounts Payable

GALENT are recruiting for a Head of Accounts Payable with an established international organisation in Central London. This permanent appointment offers a clear opportunity to develop from operational AP leadership into a broader P2P leadership role, with responsibility for process improvement, transformation and international stakeholder engagement. The opportunity Initially, you will lead and develop an established AP function, ensuring effective controls, operational performance and a supportive team environment. As the role evolves, you will assume wider end-to-end P2P responsibilities, contributing to process standardisation, systems transformation and operational improvement across an international business. What you will bring

• Proven AP leadership and experience coaching and developing teams.
• A diplomatic, collaborative management style, with the confidence to lead experienced colleagues without micromanagement.
• Strong understanding of AP controls, payment governance and multi-entity financial operations.
• The capability and ambition to progress into broader P2P process ownership and transformation.
• ERP systems experience, with exposure to SAP considered advantageous but not essential. Working arrangements and progression Based in Central London, with hybrid working and occasional international travel as responsibilities develop. The position offers structured progression into wider P2P leadership, with increasing exposure to senior stakeholders, cross-border operations and business transformation initiatives. This is an opportunity to combine credible people leadership with meaningful process responsibility in a dynamic international environment. If your experience aligns with the above, please apply