Accounts Payable Clerk

About the Role:

Key Responsibilities:

• · Answering phone queries from suppliers and internal stakeholders
• · Inputting a high volume of supplier invoices with speed and accuracy
• · Managing central finance inboxes
• · Opening and processing post
• · Querying and resolving invoice and supplier issues
• · Investigating and resolving supplier queries
• · Maintaining the purchase ledger
• · Data entry and statement reconciliation
• · Working collaboratively with other departments
• · Supporting ad hoc finance tasks as required
• Key Criteria:
• · Previous experience in a customer service or administration role with confidence handling telephone and e-mail queries in a high volume environment
• · Strong IT and database skills in Microsoft Office
• · Excellent organisation and time management skills
• · Confident communication skills with the ability to build professional relationships
• · Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise effectively
• · Accounts or ledger experience is advantageous but not essential
• · Experience using spreadsheets for data entry or reconciliation is desirable
• · AAT qualification is desirable

Benefits:

• · Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
• · Generous Pension Scheme
• · Sick Pay
• · Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
• · Share saver scheme
• · Eye test vouchers
• · Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
• · Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
• · Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, M&Ds Theme park, fully paid for including lunch
• · Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
• · Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
• · Excellent training and development opportunities and 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.
• All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
• To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
• Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.
• Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
• If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
• At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
• We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
• In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.