Accounts Payable Clerk

Confidential; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Chalk Hill Group is recruiting an Accounts Payable Clerk for a Basildon-based role with hybrid working options. You will process supplier invoices, code them, and assist in reconciling supplier accounts, supporting month-end processes.

The ideal candidate will have experience in accounts payable or transactional finance, comfortable handling high invoice volumes, and proficient Excel skills. This temporary role has potential to become permanent within a well-established business.

Qualifications

• Accounts payable experience or transactional finance background required.
• Comfort handling high invoice volumes and reconciliations.
• Experience in FMCG/stock-related invoices is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Processing and coding supplier invoices
• Matching invoices to purchase orders and resolving discrepancies
• Supplier statement and account reconciliations
• Investigating and resolving invoice and payment queries
• Supporting payment runs
• Maintaining accurate supplier records
• Assisting with month-end processes and wider finance administration
• Working closely with internal teams and suppliers to resolve queries

Skills

Accounts Payable

High-volume invoices

Excel

Tools

Excel

Job description

Chalk Hill Group are working with a successful and growing business in Basildon to recruit an Accounts Payable Clerk on a temp-to-perm basis.

Hybrid working on offer - 3 days a week in the office, 2 days a week from home

The Role

Working as part of the finance team, you will be responsible for the accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices and payments, alongside supporting key reconciliation activities.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Processing and coding supplier invoices
• Matching invoices to purchase orders and resolving discrepancies
• Supplier statement and account reconciliations
• Investigating and resolving invoice and payment queries
• Supporting payment runs
• Maintaining accurate supplier records
• Assisting with month-end processes and wider finance administration
• Working closely with internal teams and suppliers to resolve queries

About You

We are looking for someone with previous Accounts Payable or transactional finance experience who is comfortable working with high volumes of invoices and reconciliations.

Experience within FMCG, stock, inventory or a product-led environment would be advantageous, particularly where you have dealt with stock-related invoices and supplier accounts.

You will be organised, detail-focused and confident investigating discrepancies, with good Excel skills and a proactive approach to getting things resolved.

This is initially a temporary position with a view to becoming permanent, offering the opportunity to join a well-established business and develop your career within finance.

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