We are looking for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the Frontier team, based at Witham St Hughs on a permanent, full-time basis. We are open to hybrid options for this role, with the right candidate working 3 days from the office, to include a Tuesday and a Wednesday, and 2 days from home.
You will be responsible for maintaining the purchase ledger, processing high volumes of invoices and payments and general ledger coding of invoices, as well as providing excellent customer service to internal and external customers of the business.
The Benefits
1. Competitive salary
2. Opportunities for a mixture of home and site working (to be agreed with Line Manager)
3. 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase 5 more days
4. Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
5. Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
6. Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
7. Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
8. Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers
About You
9. Able to initiate and develop effective working relationships with both internal and external customers
10. Deliver accurate work with a keen eye for detail
11. Able to adapt quickly and successfully
12. Able to multi-task and work to tight deadlines
13. Ability to work within a team, find resolutions and manage own workload
14. Confident at handling telephone queries in a professional manner
15. Self-motivated and capable of working on own initiative
16. IT Literate, knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel an advantage
Your Role
As an Accounts Payable Assistant your role will involve:
17. Processing payment runs and Telegraphic Transfers, including foreign currency payments accurately and within the specified time schedules
18. Ensuring payment authorisation procedures are adhered to
19. Accurately processing admin invoices to the accounting system
20. Preparing admin invoices and distributing for general ledger coding
21. General ledger coding of invoices
22. Monitoring the electronic approval system, ensuring queries are resolved in a timely manner
23. Monitoring and actioning the department email inbox
24. Collaboration with key stakeholders within the business
25. Distributing incoming department mail
26. Administering a high number of telephone calls
27. Liaising with internal and external customers/suppliers to ensure timely resolution of queries