Job Description
Location: Molineux House, Russell Gardens, Wickford, Essex
The Wernick Group, the UK’s largest provider of permanent and temporary modular buildings and site accommodation, is looking for a highly motivated individual to manage the Accounts Payable Department at its Head Office.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the end‑to‑end Accounts Payable process, including invoice receipt, coding, approval workflows, payment runs, and staff management.
- Ensure invoices are processed accurately and within agreed payment terms.
- Continually review and update existing procedures, testing and verifying all new or amended systems and processes within the AP department.
- Complete all month‑end routines, reconciliations and reports on time.
- Run weekly BACS payments for all Group companies.
- liaise with the Supply Chain Department to build good working relationships with all suppliers.
- Ensure prompt entry of Direct Debit/cheque payments onto the financial system by team members.
- Ensure timely submission to HMRC of monthly CIS tax payments.
- Collate and report payment practice data.
- Produce monthly and quarterly reports for Senior Management.
- Prepare and submit monthly summaries of external queries with suppliers.
- Open new supplier accounts in accordance with correct supply chain procedures.
- Manage all system issues with the IT department and MCS software support.
Qualifications
- Several years’ experience within Accounts Payable, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial controls.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Capability to work well under pressure, prioritise workloads and adhere to strict deadlines.
- Enthusiastic attitude towards work and learning new systems and processes.
- Positive and flexible attitude with the ability to act on own initiative.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
- Advanced skills in Excel.
- Familiarity with accounts software packages.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and bonus.
- Generous holiday allowance (rising with service).
- Early finish on Fridays.
- Option to purchase extra holidays.
- Group pension.
- Annual salary review – each January.
- Life assurance 2× annual salary.
- Personal accident insurance.
- Free on‑site parking.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Training and progression opportunities.
- Secure, well‑established, family‑run company.
- Open door policy.
- Employee referral scheme.
- Discounted retailers’ scheme.
- Corporate eye‑care scheme through Specsavers.
- Optional paid volunteering day each year.
Equal opportunity employer – We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Employment eligibility – The company is unable to sponsor employment of international workers in this role. Evidence of right to work in the UK is required.
Contract type: Full‑time
Salary: Based on experience
