Account Payable Administrator (Part time 2/2)

AP Administrator Permanent position: Part-time 20 hours per week Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

The Role

• Manage day-to-day AP administration tasks including the review and approval of personal and credit card expenses prior to management approval.
• Complete supplier statement reconciliations and communicate with suppliers and employees to resolve any queries.
• The role will require working closely with finance and non-finance employees at all levels within the organisation.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Follow best practice accounts payable process, including processing of invoices in a timely manner to ensure payment to suppliers is on time.
• Compliance with company’s policies and procedures.
• Identify issues and report to Group SS AP Manager.
• Solution focused approach to problems, root cause analysis of P2P problem areas.
• Work closely with Treasury, Internal controls, and Tax teams.
• Work closely with Group & Shared Service AR Manager on ensuring supplier sanction and credit checks are done.
• Reconcile supplier statements and comment creditor aging.
• Make supplier payments in line with P2P standards, processes and DOA.
• Process expenses and credit cards.
• Liaise as required to provide information for group external and internal auditors.
• End‑to‑end P2P process: set up supplier, 3‑way match, statement rec, process invoice, pay invoice.
• Process supplier invoices.
• Generate, review and upload payments to suppliers.
• Complete supplier set up and due diligence to ensure no risks.

Who are we looking for?

• You will need a flexible approach combined with attention to detail and an excellent work ethic.
• Excellent communication skills along with being a good team player who is willing to learn and develop with the role, on new assignments as they arise.
• Comfortable with dealing with external customers in confrontational scenarios.

Key skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience of AP processing.
• A hands‑on approach and willing to take part in training as needed.
• Experience of supporting multiple stakeholders at various levels.
• Experience of following a process and suggesting ideas for development/improvement.
• Ideally you will have experience of working in/with a shared service centre in a group setting.

Location and Working Arrangements

• This role is based at our Barrow, Cumbria office on a hybrid basis (3 days a week).
• Candidates must live within commutable distance to this location.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits tailored to the division.
• Opportunities for career growth and visibility across the organisation.
• A supportive, inclusive culture that values your ideas and contributions.
• Work that truly makes a difference in safety, innovation, and global capability.

Employer commitment to diversity

James Fisher and Sons are committed to taking positive action on diversity and strongly encourage applications for candidates from all backgrounds. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and recognise that our success depends on our talented and diverse workforce.