Accounts Payable

The Business

We are supporting a growing business that is looking to appoint an experienced Accounts Payable Specialist to join their finance team on an interim basis.
You will be supporting a critical AP clean-up project, focusing on reducing aged balances, resolving supplier queries and improving ledger accuracy ahead of wider finance transformation initiatives.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on AP professional who enjoys complex reconciliations, resolving historic issues and driving improvements within a fast-paced environment.
 

The Role

Working alongside the Accounts Payable Manager, focus will be on clearing backlogs, investigating historic discrepancies and improving the accuracy of supplier ledgers.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Performing supplier statement reconciliations
• Investigating and resolving aged creditor balances
• Clearing historic Accounts Payable backlogs
• Matching historic payments to outstanding or unprocessed invoices
• Liaising directly with suppliers to resolve discrepancies and outstanding queries
• Chasing internal stakeholders for approvals and information where required
• Supporting improvements to AP processes and controls
• Assisting with ledger clean-up activities ahead of wider finance transformation projects

Person

• 5+ years' Accounts Payable experience
• Strong end-to-end AP knowledge
• Proven experience resolving aged creditor balances and complex supplier reconciliations
• Experience investigating historic ledger issues and AP exceptions
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Exposure to LOCs desirable
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset with a focus on continuous improvement

Benefits

• Salary equivalent of £35k DOE
• Immediately start available
• Hybrid working – 3days per week in the office