Accounts Payable Assistant

  • Job Reference: 218381
  • Date Posted: 28 November 2024
  • Recruiter: Ecosurety
  • Location: Bristol
  • Salary: £28,000
  • Sector: Accounting
  • Job Type: Part Time Flex
  • Work Hours: Part Time

Job Description

Ecosurety are looking for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join our Finance team. 

The purpose of this role is to ensure that supplier invoices are paid on time and accurately.   They will also maintain the integrity of the Accounts Payable ledger and liaise with the business/suppliers to resolve queries/issues.  

Ecosurety is an industry leading company of  90+ people, based in the heart of Bristol’s vibrant city centre, with a mission to accelerate change towards an environmentally and socially sustainable world. Our clients are many of the UK big brands and retailers, often facing big challenges over their use of packaging. We are a certified B Corp, committed to balancing profit with our social and environmental impact. 
 
Job Description
  • Checking that all invoices are appropriately authorised and signed off.
  • Setting up the payment run and uploading the payment run to the bank.
  • Co-ordinating the new supplier set-up process and chasing suppliers to ensure appropriate documentation is provided.
  • Managing and responding to any queries that come into the AP inbox on a timely basis.
  • Maintaining the integrity and accuracy of the AP ledger.  
  • Act as first reviewer on Credit Card and out of pocket expense claims in SAP Concur system. 
  • Generate and post journals from SAP Concur system into Sage.
  • Updates payment/deposit information in the Cost of Sales Model.
 
Person Specification
  • Strong communication skills (oral and written) with a proactive approach to problem solving.
  • Fast learner, able to pick up new processes/systems quickly.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
  • Great team working and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong IT skills across the Microsoft suite of packages
  • Ability to manage multiple deadlines and external demands.

Package
  • Circa £28k per year pro rata
  • Part-time (3 days/week Monday to Wednesday), 8-hour day with some flexibility. Alternative part-time working patterns would be considered.
  • Fixed term for 1 year
  • 28 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays pro rata
  • 5 x salary life insurance, 7% employer pension contribution, up to 10% bonus, employee health cash plan, paid sick leave, critical illness cover, 2 weeks workcation, options to buy additional holiday or unpaid leave, 3 days volunteer leave, happy to talk flexible working, remote working, wellbeing support, great office location, £250 home working set up payment.
  • Hybrid working: Employees are expected to work with colleagues (primarily at the office) at least 50% of the month
 
Enquiries welcome.

Start Date: asap
 
Ecosurety offers a working environment that enables our team to perform at their best, with flexible hours, remote working options, access to training and employee benefits. We focus on outputs, rather than work location or hours. If you are well organised, enjoy working with others and eager to make a meaningful contribution, please get in touch!

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from all. We embrace flexibility and diversity in the workplace and aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination, harassment or bullying.

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of any of our job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of high-quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend that you apply for one of our roles as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date. 

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