Accounts Payable Facilitator - 12 Month FTC

Accounts Payable Facilitator - 12 Month FTC

Global Innovation and Technology Centre, Back Lane, Melbourn, Hertfordshire, SG8 6DP
, United Kingdom, Melbourn SG8 6DP
, GB

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

The team is part of the finance shared service which manages supplier invoices and queries across multiple regions and currencies. Ensuring the efficient processing of invoices and payments of up to 20,000 invoices annually, to meet both business and payment performance requirements.

The role responsibilities also include, managing invoice match exceptions, payment run reviews and approvals, supplier profile corrections and updates, and month end reconciliations. Some tasks have shared responsibility with the Manager, and additional ad hoc tasks will arise.

The role requires collaboration with stakeholders, such as the Accounts Payable Manager and immediate team colleagues, plus other Finance, Procurement and Supplier personnel, both locally and globally. External contact with suppliers is also required.

It will be key to develop good professional relationships with all stakeholders as well as:
Managing payment expectations;
Learning and understanding PAs People Soft purchasing accounting system and problem solving.

This role reports into the Accounts Payable Manager.

50% - Invoice posting & matching to purchase orders

25% - Helpdesk / Query Resolution

15% - Process payment runs

5% - Adhoc tasks

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment

• Great attention to detail, for timely, accurate approvals of important financial information.
• Excellent communication skills, to work with people at all levels, to manage and resolve queries internally and externally.
• Good organisation skills, ability to multi-task and experience with working to meet deadlines.
• Excellent team working skills, being open minded to varying point of views, and working with a can-do positive approach.
• Knowledge of People Soft and MS Excel would be beneficial, as would previous supervisory experience, although this is not compulsory, as the position is an opportunity for career development in this area for the right individual.

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

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