Accounts Payable Facilitator - 12 Month FTC

Role Summary

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week to include a Tuesday and Wednesday. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment.

This role is based at our Melbourn, Hertfordshire office

12m FTC

We are looking to recruit an Accounts Payable Facilitator on a 12m fixed term contract. The team is part of the finance shared service which manages supplier invoices and queries across multiple regions and currencies. Ensuring the efficient processing of invoices and payments of up to 20,000 invoices annually, to meet both business and payment performance requirements.

Managing payment expectations and problem solving. Also learning and understanding PAs PeopleSoft purchasing accounting system, to support daily KPIs and monthly deliverables.

The role requires collaboration with stakeholders, such as the Accounts Payable Manager and immediate team colleagues, plus other Finance, Procurement and Supplier personnel, both locally and globally. External contact with suppliers is also required.

This role reports into the Accounts Payable Manager.

• Task breakdown guide
• 50% - Invoice posting & matching to purchase orders
• 25% - Helpdesk / Query Resolution
• 15% - Process payment runs
• 5% - Payment performance support
• 5% - Adhoc tasks

Requirements

• Great attention to detail, for timely, accurate approvals of important financial information.
• Excellent communication skills, to work with people at all levels, to manage and resolve queries internally and externally.
• Good organisation skills, ability to multi-task and experience with working to meet deadlines.
• Excellent team working skills, being open minded to varying point of views, and working with a can-do positive approach.
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft and MS Excel would be beneficial.
• We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.
• Apply today by completing our online application

Benefits

Life at PA

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA here .

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us at: recruitmentenquiries@paconsulting.com

About the Company

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.