Accounts Payable Administrator

Sartorius North America; Royston (GA); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Sartorius North America is seeking an Accounts Payable Administrator at our Royston site with hybrid working options. You will own the purchase ledger, verify postings, and ensure accurate month-end closing across eight entities in the UK and Ireland, while maintaining strong supplier relationships and assisting with year-end tasks.

You will process invoices in SAP X-Flow, manage vendor records, and handle staff expenses via Concur.

Qualifications

• A levels in Maths and English are preferred.
• Experience in purchase ledger or accounts is desirable.
• Experience in managing expenses and company credit cards is beneficial.
• Intermediate Excel skills; SAP and Concur experience is desirable.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• A highly organised approach with the ability to manage priorities and work independently.
• A willingness to learn new skills and processes, with a collaborative, team-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Take full day-to-day responsibility for the purchase ledger, verify postings and maintain year-end records across multiple entities.
• Set up and amend vendor records in SAP, including bank-detail changes.
• Process supplier invoices through SAP X-Flow in line with authorization structure.
• Manage staff expenses and company credit-card expenses via Concur, including approvals and queries.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships and respond to queries by phone and email.
• Prepare month-end accounts-payable and supplier-statement reconciliations and participate in balance-sheet meetings.
• Process daily supplier payments and provide holiday cover for the team.

Skills

Strong communication

Highly organised

Team-focused

Willingness to learn

Education

A levels in Maths and English

Tools

SAP

Concur

Excel

Job description

Join our Finance team as an Accounts Payable Administrator and play a key role in maintaining an accurate purchase ledger and supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts and year-end statutory accounts. By processing invoices and payments, reconciling accounts and working closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders, you will help create reliable financial processes that enable our teams to focus on what matters most: better health for more people. Based at our site in Royston with hybrid working available, you will become part of a supportive team of eleven professionals who look forward to shaping the future together with you.

This is an opportunity to grow your purchase ledger experience in a friendly, busy environment at an expanding and innovative company.

Grow With Us - Your Responsibilities

• Take full day-to-day responsibility for the purchase ledger, verify the accuracy of all postings and maintain complete year-end records across eight entities in the UK and Ireland
• Set up and amend vendor records in SAP, including bank-detail changes in line with the Sartorius Fraud Control Policy
• Process planned purchase-order and unplanned non-purchase-order supplier invoices through SAP X-Flow in accordance with the Sartorius authorization and approval structure
• Manage staff expenses and company credit-card expenses through Concur, including finance approvals, employee queries, Corporate and Virtual Credit Card issuance, and payment of external card-provider invoices
• Build and maintain effective supplier relationships, respond promptly to supplier queries by telephone and email, and resolve internal queries in collaboration with Procurement and other departments
• Prepare month-end accounts-payable and supplier-statement reconciliations, manage the GR/IR account, down payments and debit balances, clear intercompany vendor and customer balances where appropriate, and participate actively in monthly balance-sheet reconciliation meetings
• Process daily supplier BACS payments and ad hoc manual or urgent payments, while providing holiday cover for other team members

What Will Convince Us

• You may have A levels in Maths and English
• Previous experience in purchase ledger or accounts
• Previous experience in managing expenses and credit cards
• Intermediate Excel skills; experience with SAP and Concur is desirable
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• A highly organised approach, with the ability to take ownership of varied processes, manage priorities and work independently
• A willingness to learn new skills and processes, combined with a collaborative, team-focused approach

In order to commence working with us, the successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK.

What we offer

Asa growing globallife science company, stock listed on the German MDAX and TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of benefits:

• Personal and Professional Development: mentoring, leadership programs, LinkedIn Learning, internal seminar offerings
• Making an impact right from the start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform-even before joining
• Welcoming Culture: Mutual support,team-spirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics such as coaching, agile working and businesswomennetwork
• Health & Well-Being: Wide section of health and well-being support such as healthcare plans and health assessment services

Benefits

Attractive Working Conditions:

• 37.5 hours working week
• 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays
• Free parking on site
• Annual option to buy, sell or carry forward annual leave
• Free hot and cold drinks
• Regular social events and free exercise classes

• Competitive benefits package, including:
  • Group Personal Pension Plan
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Private Dental Insurance
  • Group Life Assurance
  • Group Income ProtectionCycle to work scheme

About Sartorius

Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.

We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.

Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
www.sartorius.com/careers