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Accounts Payable Assistant - Fixed Term Contract

Accounts Payable Assistant - Fixed Term Contract

Breedon Group plcEast Midlands, England, United Kingdom
5 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Temporary
Job description

Accounts Payable Assistant - Fixed Term Contract

Accounts Payable Assistant - Fixed Term Contract

Application Deadline : 19 July 2025

Department : Accounts Payable

Employment Type : Fixed Term - Full Time

Location : Lockington, Derbyshire

Description

This is a Fixed Term Contract role up to July 2026 at the latest, but may end earlier with notice. As a key member of the Accounts Payable department, you will be responsible for processing invoices and resolving supplier queries, to ultimately ensure we provide the best possible service to our internal and external stakeholders.

Key Role Accountabilities

Ensure invoices / credit notes are processed accurately and efficiently, exceptions / invoice rejections are recorded appropriately and returned to suppliers, and queries are resolved to a satisfactory conclusion, across multiple Business units :

  • Timely and accurate processing of invoices including VAT / General Ledger Coding
  • Reconcile supplier accounts on a monthly basis
  • Exceptions are cleared and maintained both manually and also within OCR software, in line with the departments SLAs and KPIs
  • Ensure all queries are dealt with to a satisfactory conclusion

Strengths you'll bring :

  • Knowledge of the full P2P process and have familiarity with three-way matching within an Accounts Payable department, or similar.
  • Good team player. Skills relating to the job can be learned, teamwork is something we want from day 1.
  • A Can-do attitude. With over 320 operating sites and a Group Revenue of GBP 1.5bn, we work in a fast-paced environment, you will need to adapt quickly and embrace change.
  • Ability to communicate with impact and empathy. Within this role, you would be working with various departments. You will be required to problem solve in a variety of different ways, meaning you need to have a keen eye for detail to ensure information and queries are resolved appropriately.
  • Experience using excel - basic skills would be excellent (SUM, VLOOKUP, IF), but familiarity is key.

    • Challenges that are likely to fire you up :

    Award winning team - We are an award-winning team and centralised function at Breedon which services seventeen legal entities. We are also undergoing a series of process exploration exercises to determine the most effective way the function should operate and to bring in best practice operations. You would have the opportunity to help shape how the department works by sharing fresh ideas, to make our operations and controls the best that they can be.

    New system implementation - Breedon Group are constantly developing, and as part of investing in our people and processes, the Accounts Payable department has implemented two new pieces of software this year to improve our performance, carbon footprint, and service.

    Benefits :

  • Company Pension
  • Discount Scheme
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoptions Scheme
  • Free on-site Parking
  • Health & Wellbeing Initiatives
  • Life Assurance
  • Share Save Scheme
  • Volunteering Policy
  • Holiday Buy Scheme

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