Payments Administrator

British Sugar is a home-grown success story and one of the most efficient and competitive beet processers in the world. Around 3,500 farmers based in East Anglia and the East Midlands supply our four advanced manufacturing sites with eight million tonnes of sugar beet every year. We, in turn, make this in to over 1 million tonnes of sugar, serving customers across the UK, Ireland and increasingly growing commercially in the EU and world sugar markets.

Range £25,222.00 to £28,500.00

Reporting to the Payments Manager you will be an integral member of the team responsible for delivering a high-quality Accounts Payable service to the business by ensuring all expenses and invoices are logged, matched and paid in accordance with the payment terms and policies for British Sugar, Silver spoon and AB Sugar.

• Driving down non-compliance in P2P process by working with different areas of the business to identify areas for improvement and suggest solutions
• Checking that invoices have been approved in line with Delegated Levels of Authority
• Input of Account Payable documents on a daily basis (e.g. invoices and credit notes), following up with either the business or suppliers where invoices cannot be matched
• Reconciling supplier statements and requesting copy invoices where required
• Targeting of aged items to drive down unapproved invoice statistics
• Maintenance of both the internal and external Accounts Payable inboxes to include query resolution through route cause analysis and direct email communications
• Filing and preparing documents for scanning
• Leading site visits to engage with colleagues to help resolve invoices in query

• Experience of working in an Accounts Payable team
• GCSE grade A-C in Maths and English, or equivalent
• Strong IT skills - particularly MS Office including Outlook and Excel
• Good communication skills building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Ability to organise and prioritise
• Driven with a desire to achieve
• Works on own initiative and ability to work as part of a team