Job Purpose:

Be part of the shared services (SSC) accounts payable team at James Fisher`s head office in Barrow, performing centralised activity for various businesses in the group.

Principal Accountabilities:

Responsibility for effective, timely and accurate invoice processing across responsible suppliers, ensuring invoices are fully processed in accordance supplier payment terms.

Promote strong AP processes and controls with stakeholders across managed ledgers and establish best practice, including supplier statement reconciliations, debit balances and segregation of duties.

Be a key point of contact for suppliers/internal stakeholders , proactively working and communicating to resolve queries.

Contributing to the team providing the best service to stakeholders by achieving departmental KPI`s such as payments on time and reducing invoice processing time.

Timely and accurate processing and payment of staff expenses, ensuring claims consistently comply with the group expenses policy. Promote good practice within the expenses process by liaising with claimants and approvers.

Key Behaviours:

Right first time: ensure timely and accurate processing across your supplier base, ensuring recurring issues are fixed at source.

Proactive and self-starter: will actively seek ways to improve all aspects of your role within the AP function.

Build partnerships between the SSC and internal stakeholders: develop and leverage internal relationships to help deliver the best results on performance, control and embedding good process.

External communication: build relationships with suppliers, contributing to a positive reputation of the company with its supplier base. Strive for speedy resolution of queries and timely communication, at the same time enforcing the company purchasing process and managing their expectations.

Knowledge, skills and experience:

Previous experience working as an Accounts Payable Administrator in a medium to large company environment is desirable.

Positive approach to adopting new ways of working and utilising technology (eg: software) to improve processes.

Excellent communication skills, proficient in dealing with all levels of internal and external stakeholders.

Problem solving capability, with a right first time approach for fixing issues going forward.

Good knowledge of MS Office applications such as excel for use in analysis and communication. Flexibility to learn new IT systems and applications.

Sage 200 experience is desirable.

James Fisher & Sons are committed to taking positive action on diversity and we strongly encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds, and as a Disability Confident employer we are committed to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.