Accounts Payable Assistant

Great news! Our Finance team is looking for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join our team. If you have excellent attention to detail and a passion for accuracy, we would love to hear from you. The role involves processing supplier invoices, staff expenses and company credit cards, maintaining accurate ledgers and generating payment proposals across the UK and Republic of Ireland. As an Accounts Payable Assistant, you will work with a close-knit peer group and receive support from Supervisors and the Head of Transactions. This role is essential to ensure that supplier invoices for goods and services across the UK and ROI businesses are processed and paid accurately. Please note that this role is office based at our head office in Wakefield. If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity, please apply now. Processing supplier invoices as part of a 3-way match for Goods for Resale, including using import tools for high volume suppliers Processing supplier invoices for approval by the cardfactory stakeholder Processing expense claims and company credit cards Scanning of documents as part of the processing of transactions Responsibility for the reconciliation of supplier accounts to statements & housekeeping of ledgers Supporting with new supplier set ups and changes to supplier master data Preparation of payment proposals to ensure accurate payment of suppliers to terms Monitoring of the centralised team mailbox Resolution of queries from both stakeholders and suppliers Ad hoc tasks and projects needed as part of the overall deliver to the business of Accounts Payable Active participation in team meetings External suppliers are the main stakeholder Colleagues across the business look to Accounts Payable to pay accurately and to time, to avoid suppliers contacting them with issues Finance Colleagues are the main internal stakeholder, including the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team for cash flow forecasts There is opportunity to influence ways of working and process improvements within legal parameters / guidelines Strong attention to detail and diligence to accuracy  Be self-driven and can work autonomously Confident, clear and concise in communicating within the team and with stakeholders by telephone/Teams & email Able to show empathy and compassion towards stakeholder Agility to adapt to the immediate needs of the business Keen to learn new skills and develop personally