At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage supplier accounts and resolve queries while ensuring timely payments.
- Company: Join Brakes, part of the Sysco Group, a leader in foodservice.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, generous holidays, hybrid working, and great discounts.
- Other info: Career progression opportunities within a supportive and innovative environment.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team and make a real impact in finance.
- Qualifications: Previous Accounts Payable experience and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Do you enjoy finding the final piece to a puzzle? Are you inquisitive, driven to complete a task from start to finish, and highly organized with strong time management? Brakes (part of the Sysco Group) is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Accounts Payable Team as an Account Handler. You will manage an allocation of suppliers, resolve queries, and communicate with a variety of internal and external key stakeholders. The role offers hybrid working with 2 days in the Ashford office per week, so ideally you will be within a commutable distance to Ashford. This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
- Ownership of managing allocated supplier accounts
- Resolution of “parked invoices” (invoices that do not match an approved and goods receipted Purchase Order) with external and internal stakeholders to ensure that invoices are paid in line with payment terms
- Timely reconciliation of key and ad-hoc supplier monthly statements (back to the accounting system) and effective resolution of any unreconciled items
- Assist suppliers in a professional manner at all times to resolve their queries (telephone calls and emails), whilst balancing the needs of the supplier and the Brakes group
- Build professional relationships through business partnering
- Manage and maintain mailbox queries within the agreed timescale
- Meet key monthly AP Account Handling KPI’s
- Cover other key supplier accounts in colleagues’ absence as required
- Ad-hoc tasks as required
About you
The ideal candidate will have previous Accounts Payable experience or relevant experience working within a finance team with strong communication skills, a good telephone manner, and ability to write clear and articulate emails. We are looking for someone who is able to prioritise workloads and work well under pressure whilst using their own initiative to achieve KPIs and SLAs. Good knowledge of Microsoft Office – intermediate Excel ability required (V-Lookups/Pivot Tables). Knowledge of SAP is advantageous but not a requirement as training will be provided.
What you’ll receive
- A competitive salary
- Generous holiday allowance, with option to purchase 5 additional holiday days
- Pension scheme
- Hybrid working contract
- Huge discounts on all sorts of lovely food and award-winning products through our staff shop
- Discounts on cinema tickets, shopping and earn cashback on purchases through Sodexo
- Recognition awards and incentives
- Career progression opportunities - being part of Brakes and the wider Sysco group, the world’s leading foodservice business, opens up a world of possibility
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