Accounts Payable Assistant

3 months ago


Gloucester, United Kingdom Safran Full time

**Job description**:
The role involves providing financial, administrative and clerical support to the organisation. The role is to complete processing, verifying and reconciling invoices over various ERPs. Improve and harmonise processes across the ledgers.

**Complementary description**:

- Processing purchase invoices onto various ERP systems, ensuring accuracy in matching and posting.
- Ensure that non purchase order invoices obtain the necessary level of authorisation.
- Build excellent relationships with Suppliers and internal departments to resolve any queries on a timely basis.
- Reconciling supplier's statements to AP Ledger and GRNI (goods received not invoiced).
- Investigate & resolve discrepancies on supplier accounts, requesting copy invoices/credit notes where necessary
- Follow procedures, accurately and paying attention to detail.
- Weekly Payment runs, all currencies must be accurate and on time
- Support other Team members with work load via cross ledger working.
- Ensure all processing and monthly reporting documentation is accurate
- Recommend and implement standardisations across various ledgers

**Job requirements**:
Experience/Skills

Essential
- Demonstrate experience of working within similar Accounts Payable roles.
- Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Previous experience of working with ERP systems to process invoices.
- Able to work with, influence and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Proficient administration, numerical, planning and organizational skills.
- A comprehensive understanding of the ‘purchase to pay' process.
- Must have experience of processing high volumes of invoices
- Demonstrate innovative thinking to improve the processes with AP
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Knowledge of general accounting procedures
- Proficient and accurate in data entry and management
- 1-3 years accounts payable or general accounting experience
- Robust problem solving skills.

Desirable
- Previous experience of working with SAP to process invoices.
- Previous experience within a dynamic, responsive, fast paced team.
- Experience of working within a Shared Service Centre environment.
- Analytical skills covering written, graphic, numerical & statistical information.
- Previous project work experience
- Previous experience of working within a managerial role.

**Qualifications**:
Essential

Educated to A level standard (or equivalent)

Desirable
- Recognised Accounting Qualification.
- Educated to Degree standard (or equivalent)

**Specificity of the job**:
Some travel across UK sites may be required on a monthly adhoc basis.

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 83,000 employees and sales of 19 billion euros in 2022 and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes research and development programs to maintain the environmental priorities of its R&T and innovation roadmap.

Safran ranks among Forbes magazine's Top 30 best employers in the world.



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