Accounts Payable Assistant - Part Time (18hrs)

Department: Accounts Payable

Employment Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Lockington, Derbyshire

Description

This is a part time role (18hrs per week) over 4 days per week, which will include Mondays and Fridays.

As a key member of the Accounts Payable department, you will be responsible for processing invoices and resolving supplier queries, to ultimately ensure we provide the best possible service to our internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure invoices/credit notes are processed accurately and efficiently, exceptions/invoice rejections are recorded appropriately and returned to suppliers, and queries are resolved to a satisfactory conclusion, across multiple Business units:

Timely and accurate processing of invoices including VAT/General Ledger Coding.
Reconcile supplier accounts to an Audit Standard on a monthly basis.
Exceptions are cleared and maintained both manually and also within OCR software, in line with the departments SLAs and KPIs.
Ensure all queries are dealt with to a satisfactory conclusion.

Strengths you'll bring:

Knowledge of the full P2P process and have familiarity with three-way matching within an Accounts Payable department, or similar.
Good team player. Skills relating to the job can be learned, teamwork is something we want from day 1.
A Can-do attitude. With over 320 operating sites and a Group Revenue of £1.5bn, we work in a fast-paced environment, you will need to adapt quickly and embrace change.
Ability to communicate with impact and empathy. Within this role, you would be working with various departments. You will be required to problem solve in a variety of different ways, meaning you need to have a keen eye for detail to ensure information and queries are resolved appropriately.
Experience using excel – basic skills (SUM, VLOOKUP, IF), understanding of double entry accounting and EDI invoicing would be excellent, but familiarity is key.

Challenges that are likely to fire you up:

Award winning team – We are an award-winning team and centralised function at Breedon which services seventeen legal entities. We are also undergoing a series of process exploration exercises to determine the most effective way the function should operate and to bring in best practice operations. You would have the opportunity to help shape how the department works by sharing fresh ideas, to make our operations and controls the best that they can be.

New system implementation – Breedon Group are constantly developing, and as part of investing in our people and processes, the Accounts Payable department has implemented two new pieces of software this year to improve our performance, carbon footprint, and service.

Benefits:

Company Pension
Discount Scheme
Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoptions Scheme
Free on-site Parking
Health & Wellbeing Initiatives
Life Assurance
Share Save Scheme
Volunteering Policy
Holiday Buy Scheme

Key Responsibilities

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