Job Purpose
A unique and exciting opportunity to grow your accounting career utilising your leadership and management skills. Our dynamic global construction services company is looking for an experienced accounts payable individual with at least 5 years industry experience, excellent attention to detail, communication skills, efficiency, planning, staff supervision, a strong team player and strong word and excel knowledge.
Joining an existing team of six, you will be responsible for assisting the Accounts Payable Team Leader. Coordinating the smooth running of the Purchase to Pay system (SmartSource), dealing with legacy invoice postings into NAV (ERP), assisting with complex transactions and queries, processing invoices through SmartSource and making payments.
Key Responsibilities/Deliverables
- Deputise for the Team Leader and manage the local accounts payable team in their absence
- Be the local Accounts Payable superuser for both SmartSource and NAV, to assist team in ensuring the smooth running of both systems
- Co-ordinating suggestions for ongoing process improvement
- Ensure utility invoices processes are drawn up and adhered to
- Timely resolution and response to queries from suppliers and internal customers, liaising closely with buying and commercial teams
- Preparation of payment runs
- Ensure that debt chasing 'letters' are dealt with in a timely manner, payments are negotiated with Group Treasury and late payment tracker updated
- Process invoices in SmartSource and NAV
- Assist the team leader with internal and external audit
Skills & Experiences Essential skills
- Demonstrable accounts payable experience with exposure to high transaction volumes
- Staff supervision
- Good communication skills
- Ability to understand complex accounting transaction's
- Good planning and prioritisation skills
- Strong knowledge of Word and Excel
- Exposure to Microsoft Dynamics and Purchase to Pay systems would be useful
Key Attributes
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to work to tight deadline's
- Able to remain calm under pressure
- A team player and a willing learner
- Confidence to deal with all levels of staff within the company
- Professional attitude
What's in it for you?
- Ongoing career development and accredited learning
- Annual recognition and values awards
- Global employee assistance program
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare including private GP service and mental health pathways
- Monthly wellbeing allowance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Industry-leading family friendly policies (39 weeks maternity leave and 8 weeks paternity at full pay)
- Volunteer day
- Social activity discounts, such as Cinema.
- Most Fridays are a 4 pm finish providing work is completed for the week
- Your work-life balance really matters, so in addition to your holiday allowance you will have a 'You Day' to allow you to take an extra day off to celebrate a special event, spend time with your family or just do something that will make your life easier or more enjoyable
Thriving networks including I-NOW (Women's Network), Race and Faith, LGBTQIA+, Armed Forced Covenant and the menopause working group, everyone's invited