Senior Accounts Payable Clerk - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Princes

Princes
Princes
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Vacancy Name

  • Senior Accounts Payable Clerk

Employment Type

  • Permanent

Country

  • United Kingdom

Location

  • Liverpool

Business Area

  • Finance

Workplace Type

  • Hybrid

About Princes

  • The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

  • Princes Liverpool is looking for a Senior Accounts Payable Clerk to join the finance team. This is an opportunity to work for one of the UK's leading FMCG businesses with a great culture and hybrid working to match. Your office days will be in the prestigious Royal Liver Building in central Liverpool. This is a great opportunity to develop your career in FMCG.
    Job Purpose
Reporting into the Accounts Payable Supervisor.

This role will assist the Accounts Payable Supervisor in providing a professional centralised service for the UK and International business.


Dimensions - Department

  • Team of 1
  • Purchase Ledger payments in multi currencies circa £1 billion per annum
  • UK & International suppliers 2,500
  • 8 manufacturing sites and 1 head office
  • 150,000 invoices processed per annum

Benefits

  • Hybrid
working x2 days a week in the office (including a Monday) and x3 days a week from home

  • 26 days Annual Leave including a day for your Birthday + Bank Holidays
  • Flexible holidays the option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year
  • 10% Corporate Incentive Scheme (25% individual performance, 75% Princes performance)
  • 14.5% Pension (9.5% Princes contribution)
  • Critical Illness Scheme

Principal Responsibilities

  • First point of contact for team prior to escalation to Supervisor.
  • Assist Accounts Payable Supervisor in recruitment & training.
  • Assist Accounts Payable Supervisor for planning resource and account allocation.
  • Key account responsibility.
  • Liaison at all levels with internal departments and external suppliers.
  • Processing & approval of UK and International payments to meet supplier payment terms.
  • Instigate Internal & External meetings to resolve problem areas.
  • Validation and approval of new vendors and bank account changes.
  • Authorisation & release of blocked invoices for payment.
  • Issue minutes on one to one workload reviews.
  • Statement reconciliation for key suppliers.
  • Internal control compliance.

Role Requirements

  • SAP knowledge of AP purchase to pay process.
  • Strong customer service skills.
  • Effective communication and IT skills.
  • Coaching and developing others.
  • Motivated team player with a flexible approach.
  • Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
  • Influencing.
  • Proactive problem solver who can initiate change.
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