Accounts Payable Assistant - Temporary

Broster Buchanan; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

25 days holiday

Job summary

Broster Buchanan is recruiting on behalf of an established engineering business in Milton Keynes for an Accounts Payable Assistant. The role is 37 hours per week, hybrid (3 days in MK office, 2 days remote), initial 3-month temp-to-perm, with a salary equivalent of £28,000–£32,000.

Responsibilities include processing invoices, handling emails, reconciling supplier statements, setting up new suppliers and processing employee expenses. SAP experience would be desirable.

Qualifications

• Previous Accounts Payable / AP Ledger experience is preferred.
• Good Excel skills with the ability to analyse and interpret data.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• A proactive, adaptable and collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Processing finance-related emails and ensuring queries are cleared down daily.
• Accurately loading and processing invoices in a timely manner.
• Resolving supplier queries and reconciling supplier statements.
• Setting up new suppliers.
• Auditing and processing employee expense claims.
• Supporting the wider Finance Team with ad hoc requests.

Skills

AP Ledger experience

Excel skills

Communication skills

Proactive

Tools

SAP

Job description

• £28k-£32k salary equivalent, 37 hours Mon-Fri, initial 3-month temp-to-perm
• Hybrid working: minimum 3 days in the MK office, 2 days remote
• AP experience required; SAP and strong Excel skills desirable

Accounts Payable Assistant Milton Keynes
£28,000-£32,000 salary equivalent Temp to Perm Hybrid

We're currently recruiting on behalf of an established engineering business, based in Milton Keynes, for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join their Finance Team.

This is a great opportunity for someone with previous Accounts Payable / AP Ledger experience who is looking for a varied role within a collaborative and growing business.

The role:

• Processing finance-related emails and ensuring queries are cleared down daily
• Accurately loading and processing invoices in a timely manner
• Resolving supplier queries and reconciling supplier statements
• Setting up new suppliers
• Auditing and processing employee expense claims
• Supporting the wider Finance Team with ad hoc requests

What we're looking for:

• Previous Accounts Payable / AP Ledger experience is preferred
• Good Excel skills, with the ability to analyse and interpret data
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• A proactive, adaptable and collaborative approach
• SAP experience would be desirable

The package & working pattern:

• £28,000-£32,000 salary equivalent, paid as an hourly rate (Inside IR35)
• 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with early finish Fridays
• Initial 3-month temporary contract with a view to permanent
• Hybrid working - minimum 3 days per week in the MK office, with 2 days remote
• Flexible working times, including an early finish on Friday
• 25 days' holiday + Bank Holidays
• Pension contributions
• Life assurance following successful completion of probation
• Employee Assistance Programme and additional employee benefits

The client is an established business with around 300 employees, operating within the engineering and maintenance sector. Free on-site parking.