Accounts Payable Specialist

The Company Cubic³ provides advanced software-defined vehicle solutions to over 200 countries around the world. Our powerfully smart connectivity enables leading automotive, agriculture, and transportation OEMs to deliver innovative new services and fully compliant in-vehicle experiences that customers desire, regardless of local market requirements. We believe in leadership that supports empowerment and responsibility, while recognising and developing leadership qualities across Our Team. Together we bring out the best in each other. So, whether you’re interested in joining us as an individual contributor, manager, senior leader – or someone who aspires to growing into a leadership role – we look for people who are results focused, empathetic, visionary, empowering, and who ‘champion’ our cultures and values. The Role As our new Accounts Payable Specialist , you will sit at the heart of Cubic’s Procure to Pay operations – delivering timely and accurate supplier payments, safeguarding financial controls, and providing the transactional discipline that underpins confident decision-making across the Group. As a company, Cubic3 provides a managed IoT connectivity platform, global carrier network access, and tailored connected services to leading automotive and mobile asset OEMs worldwide. This role sits within the Accounts Payable team, acting as a critical control point across the vendor lifecycle and balancing supplier experience with financial integrity across Group operations. We’re looking for an experienced Accounts Payable professional who combines strong process foundations with genuine curiosity and a passion for challenging the status quo. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you’ll work cross-functionally with Department Managers, Procurement, and the wider Finance team – building the kind of broad commercial awareness that accelerates long-term career growth. This is a hands-on role with real scope to influence how Cubic’s Procure to Pay processes evolve as the business scales. The candidate’s key duties will include: Invoice Processing • Process supplier invoices, credit notes and payment requests through NetSuite within month-end deadlines, ensuring correct GL coding, VAT treatment, and classification. • Secure authorisation from Department Managers and Finance leadership for invoices, credit notes and purchase orders in line with Group approval matrices. • Maintain the supplier master file, setting up new vendor accounts with appropriate due diligence and controls. Payments & Bank Management • Prepare and execute supplier payment runs – both manual and EFT – on the agreed cadence, ensuring accuracy and timely settlement. • Maintain daily bank balance visibility to support Group cashflow management, and assist in the preparation of monthly bank reconciliations across Cubic entities. Expenses & Corporate Cards • Manage the employee expense platform (currently Navan) end-to-end, supporting employees with queries and ensuring policy-compliant, timely processing. • Administer the Company corporate credit card programme within Navan, monitoring usage, exceptions, and month-end reconciliation. Supplier Management & Audit • Serve as the primary point of contact for supplier queries – resolving issues promptly, ensuring supplier statements are received and reconciled monthly, and building strong relationships across the vendor base. • Support external and internal auditors with queries and evidence relating to the Procure to Pay cycle, and review month-end PL processing statistics to identify and resolve anomalies. Process improvement and automation • As a team, we continually strive to identify automation opportunities across the Procure to Pay function, reducing manual effort and increasing strategic value – including exploring how AI can enhance day-to-day processes. • Champion best practices and embed continuous improvement into the team’s ways of working. Business partnering • Collaborate cross-functionally with Department Managers, Procurement, and the wider Finance function to ensure the Procure to Pay process supports the business effectively. Requirements • Minimum 3 years’ experience in an Accounts Payable role, ideally within a fast-paced or international business • Hands-on experience across the full Procure to Pay cycle – invoice processing, payment execution, supplier management, and reconciliations • Strong financial acumen with the ability to scrutinise, validate, and sense-check complex transactional data with confidence • Confident communicator capable of managing supplier dialogue and internal stakeholder relationships across all levels • Versatile team player – enthusiastic, flexible, pragmatic, thorough, and proactive Skills & Attributes that will set you apart: • Detail-driven mindset with high standards for accuracy, quality, and integrity • Systems-savvy – experience with Oracle NetSuite is a strong advantage, paired with strong Excel skills • Adaptable and collaborative – thrives in a team environment while also confident working independently • Deadline-orientated – remains calm under pressure and takes ownership of end-to-end completion • Strong communicator – comfortable engaging suppliers and translating detail into insight for finance and non-finance stakeholders alike • Self-starter with initiative – enjoys taking ownership and driving continuous improvement This is an opportunity to join a best-in-class Finance Operations function in a high-growth, global connectivity business with direct exposure to Procure to Pay, cross-functional collaboration, and the operational discipline behind Cubic’s ambitious growth trajectory. New hires at Cubic³ are required to work onsite five days a week during their six-month probation period to get to know the company, their team, and our ways of working. After probation, we offer a flexible arrangement of up to eight work-from-home days per month, provided it aligns with business needs and performance standards. This arrangement is not a given for all roles. Cubic³ is an equal opportunities employer and committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.