Accounts Payable Assistant

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for an Accounts Payable Assistant role within the Accounts Payable and Financial Control team, part of the UK Shared Service Centre.

The role will be based in Brentwood and is a permanent position, working with the wider UK and Group finance teams.

Required skills and experience:

• Ability to take on new tasks quickly and work independently.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment and work processes.
• Previous experience in an Accounts Payable role is required.
• Experience of working in a shared service centre environment is an advantage.
• Good IT literacy skills, especially Excel.

About the Opportunity

Intertek\’s passionate and entrepreneurial culture inspires employees to be Ever Better, to own and shape their future, and to develop a learning and development pathway that is unique to them. We offer skills for success management and leadership development programmes, Learning Leadership Labs, and more.

Key activities include:

• Gathering utilities usage data from supplier portals for input into our sustainability system (Accuvio).
• Processing supplier invoices and supporting outsourced partners with queries in the SUN system.
• Providing operational support for Accounts Payable and handling supplier queries.
• Conducting bank reconciliations for multiple companies and currencies.
• Processing interface and bank journals.
• Reviewing payment run proposals.
• Providing month-end accrual data to the reporting team.
• Reconciling balance sheet accounts and raising intercompany invoices.
• Supporting intercompany reconciliation processes.
• Approving payments.

What We Offer

Join Intertek and become part of a global network of inspiring colleagues. We value diversity and work together with precision, pace, and passion to make the world Ever Better.

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Development and career opportunities worldwide
• Working in a motivated, dynamic environment

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants based on race, colour, religion, sex, or national origin.

Intertek operates a preferred supplier arrangement and does not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies.

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