Bilal Jahangir
Hatfield,United Kingdom
Summary
A very hard working Accounts Payable Team Leader with 13 years' of experience in AP. A people person and a great team player who brings out the best in his team members. Extensive expertise in Oracle NetSuite, Oracle Fusion and Oracle E-Business Suite, complemented by proficiency in MS Office applications including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Demonstrates strong capabilities in communication platforms such as MS Outlook, Gmail, MS Teams, and Slack. Adept at utilising Statement Matching.com and Xelix for enhanced financial operations. Looking for the next big challenge in AP and a focus on developing new skills.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2004
2004
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Accounts Payable Team Lead
Motor Fuel Group
St Albans
11.2023 - Current
- Managing a team of 2 accounts payable clerks. Directly reporting to the AP manager and finance director.
- Responsible for managing complex supplier accounts. Ensuring all Invoices/Credit notes are appropriately processed and approved in Oracle NetSuite, in line with the approval matrix, within agreed deadlines and payment terms.
- Managing supplier relationships, answering queries and resolving issues in an effective and timely manner.
- Process expenses in line with the company’s expense policy and to ensure employees expense reimbursements are made on time.
- Manage the historic Purchase Ledger, regularly investigating and clearing debit balances and other outstanding historic items.
- To ensure that all Payments are correctly allocated.
- Timely preparation of CIS return and HMRC payment.
- Worked on major projects in 2024 & 2025; managed, tested and helped implement an AI AP software called Xelix from UAT to production. Managed new intercompany supplier accounts which resulted from an acquisition of 300 Morrisons forecourts in 2024.
- Completing the month end processes including creating the monthly GRNI report from multiple sources and ensuring validity and accuracy. Sending the relevant data to the financial reporting team.
- Learning and supporting various aspects of key reporting in and for the team including weekly KPI’s.
- Ad hoc covering of the Purchase Ledger Manager role. This includes answering queries from the Finance Director and other departments within the business.
- Processing GBP and foreign currency manual payments when required.
- Processing weekly payment runs end-to-end including gaining approval and communicating with the treasury team for submission.
- Review statement reconciliations completed by the team, ensuring all discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner and supplier invoices paid according to terms.
- Reviewing the aged creditors and trade creditors report with the team and ensuring all aged balances are clear.
- Setting yearly objectives for the team and helping them achieve these.
- Conducting mid-year and end of year appraisals and scoring the team based on objectives achieved. Discussing appraisal scores with the AP manager and Finance Director to finalise yearly bonuses.
Accounts Payable Team Leader
Ocado Retail Ltd
Hatfield
09.2015 - 11.2023
- Managed a team of 4 accounts payable administrators.
- Achieved daily and weekly targets with the team.
- Compiled the weekly KPI report and communicated this to the AP team and the Finance team.
- Prioritised tasks according to urgency and importance, optimising workload allocation among team members.
- Conducted appraisals and set up training and development schedules.
- Conducted the whole month end process including clearing bank statement lines, processing rejected payments and ensuring bank details are updated for these. Collated all AP and GL ledger information for month end and statement reconciliation.
- Reported on team performance to higher leadership, proactively offering action for areas of improvement.
- Answering queries from internal and external auditors at half and year end.
- Managed 125 supplier accounts and processed around 500 invoices per week using Oracle E-business Suite and Oracle Fusion.
- Processed weekly CHAPS and BACS payments.
Accounts Payable Administrator
Ocado Retail Ltd
Hatfield
09.2012 - 09.2015
- Managed high volume invoicing effectively; adhered to set timeline for payments.
- Verified invoice and expense claims' accuracy ahead of processing.
- Mitigated potential financial risks by identifying errors in calculations or invoice details before processing payments.
- Updated supplier database consistently, ensured accuracy in contact information and payment terms.
- Liaised effectively with suppliers to reconcile any invoice discrepancies swiftly.
- Improved vendor relations by resolving payment discrepancies and disputes professionally.
- Reconciled supplier statements on a regular basis to keep accounts up to date.
Finance Analyst
Ocado Retail Ltd
Hatfield
09.2017 - 09.2018
- Uploaded new projects and updated budgets for existing projects in Oracle E-Business Suite.
- Compiled weekly post-dispatch adjustment reports. Liaised with relevant personnel to obtain data and emailed the completed report to the relevant departments.
- Compiled the monthly procurement report to present in the procurement committee.
- Analysed expenses within the business and presented ideas of improving the expense policy.
- Secondment
Education
Certificate: APA Technician - Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable Association
/2025 - /2025
Master of Arts - Human Resource Management and Employment Relations
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield /2007 - /2008
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Allama Iqbal Open University
/2000 - 01.2004
Skills
- MS Office: Proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- MS Outlook: 6 years’ experience
- Gmail: 7 years’ experience
- MS Teams: 2 years’ experience
- Slack: 3 years' experience
- Oracle NetSuite: 2 years' experience
- Oracle Fusion: 1 year experience
- Oracle E-Business Suite: 10 years’ experience
- Project work: 2 years' experience
- Statement Matchingcom: 1 year experience
- Xelix: 1 year experience
- Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi & Arabic
Timeline
Accounts Payable Team Lead
Motor Fuel Group
11.2023 - Current
Finance Analyst
Ocado Retail Ltd
09.2017 - 09.2018
Accounts Payable Team Leader
Ocado Retail Ltd
09.2015 - 11.2023
Accounts Payable Administrator
Ocado Retail Ltd
09.2012 - 09.2015
Certificate: APA Technician - Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable Association
/2025 - /2025
Master of Arts - Human Resource Management and Employment Relations
University of Hertfordshire
/2007 - /2008
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Allama Iqbal Open University
/2000 - 01.2004