Accounts Payable Specialist: Timely Supplier Payments

Thomas Hardie Commercials Ltd; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick pay

Pension

Cycle to Work

Maternity/Paternity benefits

EAP

Loyalty holidays

Training opportunities

Job summary

Thomas Hardie Commercials Ltd. is seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the Finance Department at our Moorgate head office, working 8:30am–4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

You will log invoices, allocate costs, process supplier payments, and handle inquiries while supporting month-end activities and year-end reconciliations. We value accuracy, initiative, and strong communication in a busy purchase ledger environment.

Qualifications

• AAT Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) and prior experience in a customer-facing Purchase Ledger role.
• Confident and well organised with the ability to work well on their own initiative and under pressure.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a confident telephone manner.
• IT literate with Microsoft Office Applications including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Have a full and current UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Log and direct all invoices to correct locations and supplier accounts.
• Allocate credit notes to correct invoices and forward to the relevant managers.
• Allocate invoices to correct nominal codes reflecting cost codes for departments; ensure sublets have job numbers.
• Enter all items onto correct suppliers' accounts.
• Pay suppliers and ensure entries in cashbooks and supplier accounts.
• Deal with telephone and written enquiries daily.
• Chase depots for outstanding items and respond promptly.
• Check purchase ledger balances with nominal ledger prior to month-end close.
• Reconcile all suppliers' statements to ledger; year-end clearance.
• Carry out variance analysis by supplier and by expense type.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Telephone manners

MS Office

Driving licence

Education

AAT Level 3 or equivalent

Tools

Outlook

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Thomas Hardie Commercials Ltd. is seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the Finance Department at our Moorgate head office, working 8:30am–4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

You will log invoices, allocate costs, process supplier payments, and handle inquiries while supporting month-end activities and year-end reconciliations. We value accuracy, initiative, and strong communication in a busy purchase ledger environment.