Accounts Payable Assistant

Gac; Grangemouth; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

38 days annual leave

Vitality at Work Scheme

Company pension

Life assurance

Eyecare scheme

Employee assistance programme

Enhanced maternity/paternity benefits

Retail discounts

Job summary

GAC UK is seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant in Grangemouth to support and maintain the purchase ledger with accurate coding and timely supplier payments. You will process high volumes of invoices, reconcile suppliers, and coordinate BACS payments while covering holidays and assisting the Finance team.

Two years of fast-paced office experience and strong communication are essential. The role emphasizes accuracy, teamwork, and initiative within a global shipping and logistics context.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in purchase ledger or similar experience.
• Minimum of two years' experience working in a fast-paced office environment.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft applications preferred.
• Ability to work well within a team and to own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Daily processing of high volumes of purchase invoices.
• Coding of overhead invoices and coordinating authorisation.
• Completing supplier reconciliations.
• Accurately maintaining the purchase ledger.
• Arranging supplier payments, including preparing BACS payment runs and arranging overseas payments.
• Providing holiday cover for team members.
• Additional ad-hoc duties to support the Finance Department.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Excel

Communication

Organization

Attention to detail

Teamwork

BACS payments

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Could you be the person we are looking for to join us as our new Accounts Payable Assistant in Grangemouth? Due to continued growth within the department, we are looking to expand our team and we want to hear from you.

What would your day at GAC look like?

• Daily processing of high volumes of purchase invoices
• Coding of overhead invoices and coordinating authorisation
• Completing supplier reconciliations
• Accurately maintaining the purchase ledger
• Arranging supplier payments, including preparing BACS payment runs and arranging overseas payments
• Providing holiday cover for team members
• Additional ad-hoc duties to support the Finance Department

What are we looking for?

• Proven experience in purchase ledger or similar experience
• Minimum of two years' experience working in a fast-paced office environment
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft applications preferred
• Ability to work well within a team and to own initiative

What's in it for you?

This is your chance to become part of the global GAC team which has been providing professional shipping, logistics and marine services since 1956. Everything we do is guided by the GAC Spirit, built on mutual loyalty between management and staff, and a belief in the value of our people as individuals - not just for the jobs they do.

With more than 7,500 colleagues in 300 strategically located offices in more than 50 countries around the world, we focus on quality, safety and sustainability with a human touch. Emphasising a long-term approach, innovation and ethics, our flexible and integrated portfolios are designed to work within and support our customers' operations.

As our Accounts Payable Assistant in Grangemouth you will have the opportunity to work as part of a team who apply the highest standard of customer services to everything we do and aim to be industry leaders within all the sectors we serve.

GAC UK gives you the opportunity to work for an employer who is committed to offering all our staff an enjoyable and rewarding career, with significant training and development prospects.

You will also enjoy:

• 38 days' annual leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays) plus a day off on your birthday
• Access to Vitality at Work Scheme
• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Eyecare scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• Retail discounts scheme

In 2021, we launched our ten-year sustainability programme - MARS30. We are committed to "growing long term customer relationships across multiple products, whilst significantly reducing our environmental impact, improving the well-being of our people, and influencing our stakeholders to do the same." We will accomplish our by mission by completing objectives aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

At GAC UK, who you are is just as important as what you do. The GAC Spirit reflects our culture across the company, emphasising loyalty and understanding between management and staff. We recognise that people's lives extend far beyond their jobs. By promoting a healthy combination of work and play we achieve a happier workforce, delivering service excellence. We have a team of Mental Health First Aiders across the UK and a Wellbeing Working Group who meet monthly and regularly launch new internal wellbeing initiatives.

We're passionate about diversity and inclusion, and we received Maritime UK Diversity in Maritime Charter Status in 2021, reflecting our commitment to taking real steps to improve diversity in our organisation.

In January 2026, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) became our official Charity of the Year. Throughout the year, we will be raising funds to support CALM's life-saving suicide prevention helpline.

We're looking forward to hearing from you.