Accounts Payable Administrator

Sewell Wallis Ltd; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working policy

Private medical insurance

Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28)

Job summary

Sewell Wallis Ltd in Glasgow is recruiting an Accounts Payable Administrator for a well-established global professional services business. The role is a 12-month FTC starting ASAP and offers hybrid working.

You will process and reconcile supplier payments, manage expenses and assist with other ad-hoc AP tasks, supporting a close-knit team. A background in AP with 2+ years and strong attention to detail is required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Accounts Payable experience and ability to handle expenses.
• Attention to detail and strong administration skills.
• Able to multitask and prioritise workload.

Responsibilities

• Process and reconcile supplier payments, direct debits, and employee/partner expenses.
• Reconcile payments, issue remittance advices, and assist with bank reconciliations.
• Process supplier invoices and resolve queries; ensure correct allocation to matters.

Skills

2+ years AP experience

Expense handling

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Professional services experience

Job description

Sewell Wallis are recruiting for an Accounts Payable Administrator for a well-established global professional services business in their Glasgow office. The position is a 12-month FTC starting ASAP.

This company offer stability with over 25 years in the market; now working across 50+ countries, they have a vast reach and over 10,000 staff members across the world.

You’ll be working with a close-knit team to process and reconcile supplier payments, manage expenses and assist with other ad-hoc accounts payable tasks. You'll need to be an experienced AP administrator with over 2 years in a similar role.

What will you be doing?

• Processing and reconciling supplier payments, direct debits, and staff and partner expense claim payments through various banking portals.
• Reconciling payments, issuing remittance advice notifications to suppliers, and working with Cashiers to complete bank reconciliations
• Processing supplier invoices, resolving stakeholder and supplier queries, and ensuring transactions are accurately allocated to matters and processed promptly.
• Administering the expense management system, including expense types and mapping, in collaboration with Finance Systems, Financial Accountants, HR, and Tax teams
• Managing the corporate credit card programme, reconciling monthly statements for 300+ users, and ensuring expense, credit card, and travel data feeds are processed efficiently
• Analysing unapproved, unprocessed, and draft expense items, administering employee starters and leavers, and ensuring compliance with the expense policy.
• Liaising with external auditors on tax queries and working with Financial Accounts to reconcile balance sheet accounts.
• Supporting the wider Accounts Payable function, responding to stakeholder and supplier queries, and contributing to Accounts Payable-related projects as directed by the management team.

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience working within Accounts Payable for at least 2 years
• Experience handling expenses
• Attention to detail and strong administration skills
• Able to multitask and prioritise your workload
• Experience working in the professional services industry would be beneficial, although not essential.

What's on offer?

• 12-month FTC
• £28,000 starting salary
• Flexible, hybrid working policy
• Generous bonus scheme
• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
• Holiday exchange scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental leave