Accounts Payable Immediate Start – Full Time – Kings Langley

Catering; Kings Langley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Think Accountancy & Finance is hiring an experienced Accounts Payable professional to join a growing finance team in Kings Langley. You will own AP across a portfolio of entities, processing high volumes of invoices and reconciling supplier statements to ensure accuracy.

The role requires hands-on AP experience across multiple entities, with a focus on payment runs, bank reconciliations and resolving supplier queries in a fast-paced environment. Hybrid working offered.

Qualifications

• Strong Accounts Payable / Purchase Ledger experience.
• Experience working across multiple entities, companies, sites or ledgers.
• Experience taking ownership of AP workload rather than purely processing invoices.
• Strong supplier statement reconciliation experience.
• Hands-on payment run experience.
• Exposure to bank reconciliations, treasury or cash management.
• Experience within a high-volume finance environment.
• Good Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of Accounts Payable across an allocated portfolio of entities.
• Processing high volumes of PO and non-PO supplier invoices.
• Reconciling supplier statements and resolving aged or outstanding items.
• Managing supplier and internal queries through to resolution.
• Preparing, uploading and processing payment runs.
• Working with banking platforms and following appropriate payment approval controls.
• Completing bank reconciliations and investigating discrepancies.
• Monitoring cash balances and upcoming payments.
• Maintaining accurate supplier details and supporting bank-detail verification.
• Chasing invoice approvals and resolving delays.
• Supporting month-end activities.
• Working closely with the wider finance and treasury teams.
• Ensuring strong financial controls and accurate, right-first-time processing.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Purchase Ledger

Multi-entity experience

Prioritisation

Bank reconciliations

Excel

Attention to detail

Cash flow / payments

High-volume processing

Tools

Excel

Banking platforms

Job description

Think Accountancy & Finance are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable professional to join a growing finance team based in Kings Langley, just outside of Hemel Hempstead.

We are specifically looking for someone who has worked within a busy, multi-entity or multi-site environment, is confident taking ownership of their own ledgers and understands the full AP process beyond simply processing invoices.

If you have strong hands-on AP experience who is comfortable managing multiple priorities, resolving issues and making sure their ledgers are accurate and up to date.

This is a fast-paced environment supporting a large portfolio of companies, so previous experience working across multiple entities, companies, sites or ledgers is essential.

What will you be doing?

Taking ownership of Accounts Payable across an allocated portfolio of entities

Processing high volumes of PO and non-PO supplier invoices

Reconciling supplier statements and resolving aged or outstanding items

Managing supplier and internal queries through to resolution

Preparing, uploading and processing payment runs

Working with banking platforms and following appropriate payment approval controls

Completing bank reconciliations and investigating discrepancies

Monitoring cash balances and upcoming payments

Maintaining accurate supplier details and supporting bank-detail verification

Chasing invoice approvals and resolving delays

Supporting month-end activities

Working closely with the wider finance and treasury teams

Ensuring strong financial controls and accurate, right-first-time processing

What are we looking for?

We’d love to speak with you if you have:

Strong Accounts Payable / Purchase Ledger experience

Experience working across multiple entities, companies, sites or ledgers

Experience taking ownership of your own AP workload rather than purely processing invoices

Strong supplier statement reconciliation experience

Hands-on payment run experience

Exposure to bank reconciliations, treasury or cash management

Experience within a high-volume finance environment

Good Excel skills

Strong attention to detail and confidence resolving discrepancies independently

Experience with multi-currency payments, international suppliers, shared services or outsourced finance environments would be a great advantage.

The details

Initial 6 month FTC with the potential to extend.

Hybrid: 3 days in the office / 2 days working from home
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Start: ASAP

Think Accountancy and Finance is the finance division of Think Specialist Recruitment, an independent recruitment agency based in Hemel Hempstead and working across the Herts, Beds and Bucks area. We specialise in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment with areas of expertise including: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Finance Admin, Part Qualified Finance, Credit Control and Bookkeepers.

Salary: £30000 - £35000/annum

Job Type: Contract

Location: Kings Langley, Hertfordshire