
Accounts Payable Specialist
Ocean Technologies Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- To manage supplier ledgers – maintaining the sub ledger accounts, managing the authorisation of invoices, assuring prompt settlement of supplier invoices, allocating payments, and resolving queries both internal and external.
- To manage and develop the Group Accounts Payable team and policies and maintain consistent, accurate and good quality processes.
- Ensure processing of payments as and when needed, establishing a dependable relationship with both internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Regularly review and recommend process improvements to continuously strive for excellence in the accounts payable process and service to suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Consolidate and integrate existing group AP activities where feasible and as required in order to establish high quality, efficient processes.
- Maintain and develop procedures and policies that promote timely payments for suppliers while maintaining a high level of supplier satisfaction.
- Prepare regular, periodic, and ad-hoc reporting as and when required and determined by the policies governing the accounts payable process.
- Prepare and maintain weekly cash flow forecasting for supplier payments – by supplier for 8 weeks ahead, record and compare to prior week and provide details of major movements.
- Manage the accounts payable sub-ledgers to ensure accurate records are maintained.
- Manage the AP email inboxes and workflows - responding promptly to queries.
- Resolve any queries relating to invoices, credit notes and payments in a timely and professional manner.
- In addition to the duties listed, the position holder is required to perform other duties as may arise in connection with the successful operation of the Company.
Requirements
- Min. 2 years working experience in similar role.
- Experience of multiple AP ledgers.
- Excellent skills in Excel.
- Knowledge of ERP systems
- Drive and ability to work independently.
- Possesses good organisation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Confidence and the ability to influence individuals for approvals and suppliers requesting payment.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Matching pension contribution up to 5%
- BUPA cash plan (to fund out of pocket medical costs) and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Life assurance
- Further Benefits:
- We enable internal mobility by posting all vacancies on our internal job board and encourage all Oceaneers to make their next move within OneOcean
- We offer a referral fee to Oceaneers who refer new Oceaneers that subsequently join OneOcean
- We provide a culture of continuous development and growth
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
accounts payableinvoice managementpayment processingcash flow forecastingsub-ledger managementprocess improvementreportingExcelERP systems
Soft Skills
organizationcommunicationinterpersonal skillsindependenceinfluence