Accounts Payable Specialist

Overview

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Location: Liverpool (Mon-Wed on site with Thu/Fri WFH)

Duration: 9 months

Hours: 9-4pm

Job Purpose

• To ensure accurate invoice, travel expense and payment processing.
• To support and liaise with all stakeholders ensuring that any supplier issues within the P2P space are resolved promptly.
• To monitor and ensure compliance to KPIs.
• To perform supplier statement reconciliations and supplier account housekeeping.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate processing of circa 500 incoming invoices per week from suppliers, (role shared with other team members).
• Monitor and respond within 48 business hours to any queries coming in to Accounts Payable inbox.
• Make accurate payments to suppliers, aiming to achieve 90% paid on time.
• Review, approve and pay employee expense reports via our SAP Concur system
• Maintain Issue log for allocated entities and hold weekly meetings with internal stakeholders to ensure that issues are resolved within agreed timescales.
• Ensure that key supplier statements are being reconciled and take any necessary corrective actions.
• Support stakeholder and supplier escalations related to invoices/payments whilst liaising with relevant departments as necessary to ensure enquires are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Support Masterdata process, including liaising with the business on amending and creating new supplier accounts ensuring that internal stakeholders are kept appraised of progress and expected resolution dates.
• Support the business via teams/telephone calls regarding any P2P issues ensuring that the issue is resolved, keeping all parties informed of progress and driving to resolution.
• Liaise with Procurement team to help ensure smooth end to end P2P process.

Essential Requirements for the role

• Good eye for detail and good planning and organisational skills
• Ability to multitask and work in a busy, fast paced, challenging environment.
• Ability to take initiative and a practical approach to problem solving.
• The ability to build effective relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers.
• The ability to work well in a team and collaborate with others.
• Positive and flexible approach to work

Desirable Requirements for the role

• Previous AP experience in a similar role.
• Good IT skills, including knowledge of SAP & Microsoft Office packages.
• Accounting qualification (HNC, HND, AAT, Degree or equivalent level)
• Working knowledge of general accounting procedures

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Finance

Industries

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing