Interim Accounts Payable: Backlog Cleanup (Hybrid)

Broster Buchanan; Towcester; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Immediate start

Long-term interim assignment

Job summary

Broster Buchanan is seeking an Interim Accounts Payable Specialist to tackle a backlog and ledger clean-up in Northamptonshire. The role offers hybrid working (4 days in office, 1 day from home) and an immediate start, with a duration through to end-April 2027.

It involves solving historic AP issues, reconciling supplier statements, and driving the ledger back to good order. The successful candidate will have strong AP experience, a proactive approach, and the ability to manage high volumes

Qualifications

• Strong, demonstrable experience within Accounts Payable / Purchase Ledger.
• Previous experience of clearing significant AP backlogs or ledger clean-up projects.
• Confidence investigating historic transactions and supplier queries.

Responsibilities

• Working through a substantial backlog of outstanding supplier invoices and purchase ledger transactions.
• Reviewing and clearing aged items and historic balances on supplier accounts.
• Investigating discrepancies, unmatched invoices, payment issues and outstanding queries.
• Reconciling supplier statements and resolving long-standing differences.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Backlog clearing

Supplier reconciliation

Query resolution

Job description

Broster Buchanan is seeking an Interim Accounts Payable Specialist to tackle a backlog and ledger clean-up in Northamptonshire. The role offers hybrid working (4 days in office, 1 day from home) and an immediate start, with a duration through to end-April 2027.

It involves solving historic AP issues, reconciling supplier statements, and driving the ledger back to good order. The successful candidate will have strong AP experience, a proactive approach, and the ability to manage high volumes