Accounts Payable Account Handler

Do you enjoying finding the final piece to a puzzle? Are you an inquisitive person, driven to complete a task from start to finish? Highly organized with great time management? Then this is the opportunity for you.

Brakes (Part of the Sysco Group) are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Accounts Payable Team as an Account Handler; managing an allocation of suppliers, resolving queries and communicating with a variety of internal and external key stakeholders.

Our role is offering hybrid working with 2 days required in the Ashford office per week, so ideally you will be within a commutable distance to Ashford. 

This role is being offered on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Ownership of managing allocated supplier accounts
• Resolution of “parked invoices” (invoices that do not match an approved and goods receipted Purchase Order) with external and internal stakeholders to ensure that invoices are paid in line with payment terms
• Timely reconciliation of key and ad-hoc supplier monthly statements (back to the accounting system) and effective resolution of any unreconciled items.
• To assist suppliers in a professional manner at all times to resolve their queries (telephone calls and emails), whilst ensuring that you balance the needs of the supplier and the Brakes group.
• Build professional relationships through business partnering.
• Manage and maintain mailbox queries within the agreed timescale.
• Meet key monthly AP Account Handling KPI’s
• Cover other key supplier accounts in colleague’s absence as required
• Ad-hoc tasks as required

About you:

The ideal candidate will have previous Accounts Payable experience or relevant experience working within a finance team with strong communication skills, a good telephone manner and ability to write clear and articulate emails. We are looking for someone who is able to prioritise workloads and work well under pressure whilst using their own initiative to achieve KPIs and SLAs. Good knowledge of Microsoft Office – intermediate Excel ability required (V-Lookups/Pivot Tables) is required. Knowledge of SAP is advantageous but not a requirement as training will be provided.

What you’ll receive:

• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday allowance, with option to purchase 5 additional holiday days
• Pension scheme
• Hybrid working contract
• Huge discounts on all sorts of lovely food and award-winning products through our staff shop
• Discounts on Cinema tickets, shopping and earn cashback on purchases through Sodexo.
• Recognition awards and Incentives
• Career progression opportunities - being part of Brakes and the wider Sysco group, the world’s leading foodservice business, opens up a world of possibility