Accounts Payable Support

Job Description

The Accounts Payable assistant role will be supporting the day-to-day processing of supplier invoices, expenses and payments, ensuring transactions are recorded accurately and efficiently, and suppliers are paid on time.  

Key Responsibilities

• Process and accurately record supplier invoices and credit notes.
• Match invoices to purchase orders and delivery documentation where applicable.
• Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies and supplier queries.
• Prepare supplier, staff expense and broker payment runs and ensure payments are made within agreed terms.
• Reconcile supplier statements and investigate outstanding balances.
• Carrying out month end tasks including bank reconciliations, prepayments and control account reconciliations.
• Using basic knowledge to post journals using the correct double entry for each item.
• Ensure financial transactions comply with internal policies and accounting standards.
• Involvement with process improvements via automation, AI

 

Qualifications

Skills & Experience

• Experience of using Proactis P2P system (or equivalent)
• Experience of working in an Accounts Payable role
• Team player
• Experience of using SUN general ledger system (or equivalent)
• Reconciliations experience
• Excellent communication skills to deal effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Enthusiastic “can do” attitude
• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Analytical approach with strong problem-solving skills
• Establishes effective working relationships at all levels
• Customer Focused approach

Additional Information

Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:

• Market leading family friendly policies such as access to our Maternity, Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment
• Free access to Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
• Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) - Offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns, mental wellbeing and more general queries around family, work, housing and health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym membership
• Contributory pension scheme & death in service

Your Lifestyle - It’s important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when you’re enjoying your leisure time.

• Minimum of 27 days holiday per year
• Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
• Discounts on gym membership nationwide
• Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
• Community support and charitable giving

Your Contribution - We’re focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.

• Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success
• Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done