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Accounts Payable Assistant
Job in
Sefton, Bootle, Merseyside, LA19, England, UK
Listed on 2026-09-12
Listing for:
Distinct Consultancy
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-12
Job specializations:
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Accounting
Accounting Assistant, Bookkeeper/ Accounting Clerk, Accounts Receivable/ Collections, Accounts Payable Clerk
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Accounts Payable Assistant
- Southport
- Paying up to £27,000 + Career Progression + Growing Market Leading Business!
We are working with a market leader within the food service industry who are experiencing significant growth and they are looking to add an Accounts Payable Assistant to their team.
The Accounts Payable team are the department that receive invoices, process and make payments for company expenditure. The team are responsible for liaising with suppliers, depts and buyers to rectify any invoices that fall into query, ensuring all queries are resolved promptly and paid when due to ensure other business functions are not compromised.
Responsibilities as Accounts Payable Assistant:- Action invoices and credits from suppliers that require manual intervention, which have failed the automatic 3 way matching process.
- Action pre-approved "manual" invoices received and process accordingly, including foreign invoices
- Investigate and deal with invoicing queries, such as price and quantity discrepancies
- Ensure all queries are resolved promptly and effectively
- Assist in the preparation of the scheduled payment runs, to ensure only valid transactions are paid as per agreed payment terms
- Develop a good relationship with suppliers to assist with resolving supplier queries
- Liaise with key stakeholders within the business and communicate issues/ feedback to suppliers
- Reconcile supplier statements in full and follow up required actions accordingly
- Run reports and distribute as and when required
- Support with adhoc requests from the management team, such as audit and UAT
- Must have a minimum of 2 years Accounts Payable experience
- Must have experience of carrying out supplier reconciliations, preferably using excel
- Has a good understanding of purchase order, 3 way process
- Has confidence when communicating with suppliers and key contacts within the business, being able to explain the issues in an effective and supportive manner
- Be able to handle difficult supplier accounts
- To have a proactive approach in dealing with reoccurring supplier queries
- Able to manage and prioritise own workload
- A good team player and works effectively with others.
- Hybrid working once probation has been passed
- Company pension
- 25 Days holiday allowance plus Bank Holidays
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private Health and Dental care
- Company events
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