Accounts Payable Administrator - Northampton, United Kingdom - Bright Horizons Family Solutions

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Description

Job:
Accounts Payable Administrator


Type and Hours:
Part Time 22.5 hours per week


Days to Work:
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday


Location:
Hybrid - 2 days on site at our Northampton Office


S
alary:

£DOE


Purpose of Role:


Responsible for distributing incoming post via digital channels, registering incoming invoices, and administration of our central Barclaycard account, following Bright Horizons policies and procedures.

Provide excellent customer service to both internal and external customers; ensure that there is company-wide compliance of financial controls. The role will require regular travel to our Northampton office, but some tasks can be done from home.


What we can offer you
Our benefits include, but are not limited to;

  • Flexible working and holiday entitlements
  • Discounted childcare
  • Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks
  • Annual gala award evening
  • Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more
  • Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life

Why Bright Horizons?


We've been voted Great Place to Work for the last 17 consecutive years, as well as being awarded the newly created Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women 2023.


Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK.

Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence - with 98% of our 300+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.


We're on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.


What you will be doing

  • Distribute the Accounts Payable post that arrives at our Northampton Head Office.
  • Routine scanning of invoices and other post.
  • Mapping digital invoices using our Image Capturing software.
  • Resolve internal and external queries, providing excellent customer service to all parties and ensuring queries are resolved in a timely manner.
  • Reconciliation of supplier statements, following up on discrepancies and missing documents to ensure that invoices are processed in accordance with payment terms.
  • Administration of our Barclaycard account, amending individual limits in accordance with our Delegation of Authority, and setting up new cardholders when required.
  • Proactively identify areas of opportunity and make recommendations to management on how to streamline processes and improve customer service.
  • Provide back up and support to other members of the team.
  • Perform other tasks as required.

What we are looking for

  • Experience in a similar
    _Accounts Payable_ role
  • Experience of using an electronic invoice imaging and workflow solution.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication.
  • Used to working under pressure and in a fastpaced environment.
  • Basic Microsoft Excel skills.

Desirable Experience:

  • Knowledge of Workday is an advantage.
  • Knowledge of Proactis is an advantage.
  • Familiar with company credit card administration.

Qualifications:


  • GCSE Maths and English

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