Accounts Payable

Biffa Waste Services; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Biffa Waste Services in High Wycombe is seeking an Accounts Payable Controller to manage supplier accounts, process invoices and ensure payments are compliant with company controls.

You will maintain strong supplier relationships, support month-end activities and help drive continuous improvement in the AP function while working in a hybrid role with two days in the office.

Join a team of professionals committed to accuracy and service excellence in a busy, essential support function.

Qualifications

• Experience in an Accounts Payable role, managing supplier accounts, reconciliations and payment processes.
• Understanding of end-to-end Accounts Payable processes, financial controls and compliance.
• Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
• A confident communicator.
• High attention to detail with a proactive, customer-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of allocated supplier accounts, ensuring invoices, reconciliations and queries are managed accurately and within agreed service levels.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve issues and deliver excellent customer service.
• Support supplier payment activities, ensuring payments are accurate, compliant and processed in line with company controls.
• Maintain compliance with financial controls, company policies and audit requirements, ensuring high levels of data accuracy.
• Support month-end activities, process improvements and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and service delivery.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Supplier Accounts

Reconciliations

Payments Processing

Excel

Communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Accounts Payable

High Wycombe | Hybrid role | office working 2 days | Full time

A quick look at the role

As an Accounts Payable Controller you'll play a key role in ensuring the efficient, accurate and compliant operation of the Accounts Payable function. You'll take ownership of supplier accounts, manage queries, reconcile balances and support payment activities.

Your core responsibilities

• Take ownership of allocated supplier accounts, ensuring invoices, reconciliations and queries are managed accurately and within agreed service levels.


• Build strong relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve issues and deliver excellent customer service.


• Support supplier payment activities, ensuring payments are accurate, compliant and processed in line with company controls.


• Maintain compliance with financial controls, company policies and audit requirements, ensuring high levels of data accuracy.


• Support month-end activities, process improvements and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and service delivery.

Our essential requirements

• Experience in an Accounts Payable role, managing supplier accounts, reconciliations and payment processes.


• Understanding of end-to-end Accounts Payable processes, financial controls and compliance.


• Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office skills.


• A confident communicator.


• High attention to detail with a proactive, customer-focused approach.

Changing the way people think about waste.

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management.

Dedicated to diversity.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Biffa; we believe different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for colleagues, customers and stakeholders, which is why you’ll find us championing diversity, equity and inclusion at every turn.