Accounts Payable Specialist

**JOB TITLE **- Accounts Payable Specialist 12m FTC

**DEPARTMENT **- Finance

**LOCATION **- Brunel Way, Fareham

**WORKING HOURS **- Mon-Fri, 37.5 hours per week

**A brighter future awaits you**

At CooperVision, we create brighter futures for our customers and employees alike, striving to make a difference and go further.

You’ll be welcomed into a growing global business with a presence in over 40 countries. This establishes an incredible opportunity for you to get involved in international collaborations across Europe, as well as the chance to report into experienced industry leaders, furthering your expertise and creating a positive impact on both our business and your career.

**What is important to us**

Recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of employees is core to our success. It helps bring different perspectives, diverse conversations, and new ideas to the table, all of which are incredibly valuable.

At CooperVision we celebrate, not only our company success, but we celebrate who we all are individually, and we embrace diversity. We support and we encourage you to bring your full self and not just part of you. We are committed to each individual and we look forward to a Brighter Future together.

**What will you be doing**:
You’ll report to the Accounts Payable Supervisor, as the Accounts Payable Specialist position will be part of a team that are responsible for the accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, employee expenses and all AP related payments, along with the supplier mastering for those countries / markets within the remit of the Finance Shared Services Centre for EMEA.

**Essential Functions & Accountabilities:
- Supporting the AP Supervisor by providing a first line seniority support to the Administrators and Assistants in relation to day-to-day processing and workload
- Adopt a Subject Matter Expert responsibility within the processing area including the GRNI, providing training to new starters, and to existing team members when processes are reviewed and enhanced
- Complete allocated month end tasks, journal postings and balance sheet reconciliations in line with the department’s month end timetable
- Accurately processing a high volume of invoices in line with company policies which will include GAM, SOX and departmental KPI’s, together with logging all invoices received into the ERP system.
- Ensure that, local tax and statutory legislation is adhered to, relevant to the assigned country within the Shared Service Centre remit.
- Reconciling all supplier statements
- Responding to and satisfactorily resolving external (Customer) and internal (Customer Services, Commercial / Sales etc.) queries
- Support the preparation of weekly payment runs including adhoc manual/urgent payments ensuring that the correct back up and authorization(s) have been obtained as per the global authority matrix and the Payment authorization schedule
- Prepare and obtain approvals for offline payments
- Posting and reconciling the AP payments, assisting in following up with unallocated cash
- Where required complete additional daily department goals or tasks and perform any other duties as requested by the Accounts Payable Supervisor to meet deadlines. Due to workload within the team and language abilities, your responsibilities may flex towards specific areas of the role

**What skills and experience should you have?**

We’re looking for an experienced Accounts Payable professional who is able to operate in a dynamic and changing environment, manage multiple deadlines, display a high level of professionalism and organisational skills, maintain confidentiality as necessary and have strong verbal and written communication skills whilst supporting the principles of a Shared Service Centre by understanding the needs of the customer, constantly aiming to exceed customer expectations as well as adopting a continuous improvement approach.

You’ll have experience of working in a high volume transactional processing environment and be able to motivate and supervise a growing and diverse team.

**CooperVision values**

Our four values define and underpin our unique culture; we are _dedicated _, we are _inventive _, we are _friendly _, and we are _partners _. Becoming part of the CooperVision family means joining a friendly team that’s open, flexible, and respectful of each other’s differences, working together to achieve something great

**What we offer**

You’ll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including 25 days holiday, pension scheme, healthcare cover, life assurance, access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing, a discounted contact lens scheme and much more

CooperVision is a global leader in the contact lens industry, dedicated to helping improve the way people see every day. Achieving that goal takes the collaboration of team members with wide-ranging skills; from scientists and researchers, to man