Payables Assistant

Amalgam Collection; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Tea/coffee on site

Sick pay

Life insurance

Health Shield access

Job summary

Amalgam Collection in Bristol is seeking a Payables Assistant to join our finance team. You will manage purchase ledger, process invoices in multiple currencies, handle staff expense claims, travel bookings, and cost centre monitoring in a growing multinational environment.

Hybrid role with training at our Bristol office; we value accuracy, integrity, and teamwork, with progression toward qualified accountant status through an apprenticeship after probation.

Qualifications

• Excellent English skills (spoken and written).
• Logical problem-solving with good numeracy.
• Basic Excel competency.
• Honesty and integrity in all tasks.
• Strong interpersonal skills and teamwork.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work accurately.

Responsibilities

• Handle all purchase ledger processes: invoice entry, timely payment, and query resolution across currencies and jurisdictions.
• Procure consumables, services, and tools for Bristol Head Office.
• Validate and process staff expense claims.
• Coordinate travel bookings when required.
• Record and monitor cost centre / event spend.
• Maintain the fixed asset register.

Skills

English proficiency

Numeracy

Excel (basic)

Integrity

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Self-review

Education

GCSEs (5+ including Maths & English)

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

This is a great opportunity for a resourceful and curious individual to progress their accountancy career, with support towards qualification, in a varied and interesting role with a multinational business. We are the world’s leading manufacturer of highly detailed, scale model cars for the motorsport and luxury car/ supercar sectors and as a result of growth and restructuring, we are looking for a payables assistant to join our Bristol based head office finance team.

The job:

• All purchase ledger processes, including invoice entry, timely payment and query resolution in multiple currencies and tax jurisdictions
• Buying consumables, services, and tools for the Bristol Head Office
• Validate and process staff expense claims
• Liaise and make travel bookings where necessary
• Recording and monitoring of cost centre / event spend
• Maintain the fixed asset register

You need to have:

• An excellent standard of spoken and written English
• A logical approach to problem solving underpinned by good numeracy skills
• Basic level of Excel competency
• A high level of honesty and personal integrity
• Good interpersonal skills
• The ability to prioritize your workload and complete tasks accurately and efficiently
• A minimum of 5 GCSE or equivalent at grade 4 (Old GSCE Grading C) or better to include Maths and English.
• Commitment to work towards qualified accountant status. After completion of a probationary period, the job holder would be entered into an apprenticeship at the appropriate level to undertake this study. We would consider candidates needing to start at Level 3 or Level 4 before progressing further.
• A sense of commercial decision making and understanding of basic decision logic, and other considerations such as risk or ethics.
• Ability to self-review work and identify possible errors.An awareness of professional standards applicable to their work including IFRS, auditing standards, basic tax and VAT, and anti-money laundering legislation.

You should be

• Confident, personable, with an ability to build relationships quickly.
• A team-player.
• Curious and resourceful
• Familiar with Microsoft applications ideally, but this is not essential as training will be given. This is a full-time, permanent position, with flexibility for hybrid working, although regular attendance at our Bristol office will be required for training, meetings and the performance of some elements of the role.

Benefits include 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), free tea/coffee on site, sick pay and life insurance schemes (after qualifying period), access to Health Shield Platform.

Please note that this role is ineligible for visa sponsorship and we cannot consider international applicants who do not already have the right to work in the UK for the duration of your apprenticeship.

Non-UK nationals must provide details of their visa type and expiry date, or other eligibility criteria, with their application.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent