Accounts Payable Specialist Location: Slough
Salary: £33,400 – £38,000
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Office-based
We are seeking an experienced
Accounts Payable Specialist to join our client’s finance team. This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of the end-to-end accounts payable function in a collaborative and dynamic office environment.
Qualifications and Experience: - Accounting qualification or relevant work experience.
- Proven experience in accounts payable and accounting, ideally within a shared services environment.
- Strong understanding of AP processes and best practices.
- Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and organisational skills with attention to detail.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Ability to meet strict deadlines and work effectively in a diverse team.
Key Responsibilities: - Process daily invoices and T&E transactions in ERP systems, ensuring approvals, issue resolution, and accurate reporting.
- Prepare and execute payments to suppliers and manage related queries.
- Lead the AP software system, ensuring data accuracy, timely invoice uploads, and approval workflows.
- Generate weekly KPI reports and maintain AP aging schedules to ensure a clean subledger.
- Support audits, including internal, external, and SOX reviews.
- Perform month-end tasks, including intercompany reconciliations, accruals, GRNI, and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Participate in initiatives to improve processes, increase efficiency, and reduce manual work.
- Assist with ad hoc projects as required.
Personal Traits: - Integrity: Honest, ethical, and transparent in all actions.
- Accountability: Owns problems and solutions, delivering on commitments.
- Relentless Improvement: Constantly seeks ways to improve processes and performance.
- Teamwork: Collaborative approach to problem-solving and achieving team goals.
- Customer First: Focused on supporting internal and external stakeholders to achieve success.
