Accounts Payable Assistant

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Role Title: Accounts Payable Assistant Division: Finance Location: Leeds Contract: until end of December 2026 Working pattern: Hybrid About the Role To ensure accurate, timely, and controlled processing of supplier invoices and payments, maintaining strong financial control, supporting month-end close, and safeguarding the organisation against fraud and error. What you’ll be responsible for Process supplier invoices accurately and in-line with company policies. Ensure appropriate coding to correct legal entities, departments and GL accounts. Manage invoice approval workflows and follow up on outstanding approvals. Identify and escalate discrepancies, duplicates, or anomalies. Maintain relevant supplier master data, ensuring appropriate verification and controls (e.g. bank detail checks, segregation of duties). Respond to supplier/business queries in a proactive, timely and professional manner. Reconcile supplier statements and resolve differences through active liaison with suppliers. Support onboarding of new suppliers in line with procurement and control policies. Maintain strong anti-fraud controls (e.g. independent callback procedures, segregation of duties). Monitor aged payables and escalate overdue balances. About you If you meet some of these criteria and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply Significant prior experience in Accounts Payable, preferably within a complex, high-volume environment. Comfortable with Finance and data but not required to be qualified accountant. Able to communicate information, ideas, or issues effectively and clearly through the most appropriate channel within the team and to key stakeholders. Able to organise and prioritise own workload effectively, working to a high degree of autonomy. Confident challenging processes and escalating issues. Effective problem solver, generating practical solutions to sort issues. An eye for detail, able to identify, investigate and clearly explain anomalies Self-motivated with high energy and enthusiasm. Builds effective relationships with suppliers and stakeholders across the firm. Strong communication and collaboration skills - proactively seeks to share information. Comfortable working across the MS Office suite of applications.