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Accounts Payable Assistant

Job Posted: 18 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: SS14, Basildon, Essex

Expire in: 10 days

Job Description

Accounts Payable Assistant
Location: Hybrid - Basildon
Salary: Competitive (DoE)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
What We Can Offer You: 25 Days Annual Leave, Additional Holiday Purchase, Hybrid Working, Performance-Related Bonus, Life Assurance, Vitality Private Healthcare, Subsidised Gym Memberships, Cycle to Work Scheme, Discount Vouchers and Access to Wellbeing Resources
Why Do We Want You
This is a fantastic opportunity for a detail-driven finance professional to join a global business!
You’ll gain hands-on experience across the full Accounts Payable function, working with modern systems and collaborating with a supportive team. With real opportunities for progression and development, this is the perfect step to grow your finance career!
If you're pro-active and process-oriented, we’d love to hear from you!
Please note: To complete your application, you will be redirected to Wilmington plc’s career site.
At Wilmington plc, we celebrate individuality and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. As a Disability Confident employer, we shortlist all applicants who meet the essential role criteria and guarantee an interview for candidates with disabilities who meet these criteria. For reasonable adjustments or to apply under our interview guarantee scheme, please use the contact details provided once you have clicked “apply”!
Job purpose, tasks and responsibilities
You'll be delivering our day-to-day Accounts Payable activities - everything from reconciling invoices to processing expenses and supporting colleagues across the plc.
All of your actions will be carried out to agreed deadlines and adhering to internal policies.
You'll be responsible for:
• Managing ledgers with support from the AP Manager.
• Processing and paying supplier invoices using Concur software.
• Supporting all aspects of the day-to-day running of Concur, including releasing invoices and following up on GRNs and POs.
• Handling supplier queries via telephone and email.
• Checking and analysing employee expense claims.
• Reviewing and reconciling employee credit card expense claims and Barclaycard statements.
• Liaising with employees and management regarding Credit Card expense claims.
• Checking and reconciling Direct Debit accounts on the Purchase Ledger.
• Processing payment runs for the group within a 2 week cycle.
• Performing other ad hoc duties as required.
What’s the Best Thing About This Role
This role offers excellent variety and genuine opportunities for development within a supportive finance team and wider group environment!
What’s the Most Challenging Thing About This Role
Learning our various systems can be a challenge at first, but the team will give you full training and support.
Essential and desirable capabilities
To be successful in this role, you must have:
• Experience in Accounts Payable.
• Intermediate Excel and Word skills.
• Time management with strong organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Intermediate Excel and Word skills.
• Experience using Concur.
To be successful in this role, it would be great if you have:
• Experience with Business Central finance system.
We know it’s not a skill, but the successful candidate must have permission to work in the role’s location by the start of their employment.
Before you go....
About us
We’re Wilmington plc, a group of businesses united by governance, risk and compliance. Acting as a trusted partner, we help our customers to do the right business in the right way as they navigate the Regulatory Compliance landscape. If you’re looking for innovation, opportunity, and community, you’ll find them all and more here.
Join us and do Work That Means Something
At Wilmington plc, we help global customers to do the right business in the right way - providing trusted data, insights, and education to navigate the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) landscape.
When you join us, you’ll not only make a real difference for our customers, you’ll also enjoy flexibility through hybrid working and benefit from a wide range of learning, career, and development opportunities.
Whether you're just starting out, returning to work after a break, or looking to take your next step, you’ll be doing work with meaning.
Join us and make a real difference. Click on “APPLY” today

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