Accounts Payable Specialist (Fixed Term Contract)

6 Month - FTC

As an Accounts Payable Specialist at Marlowe Environmental Services (MES), you will play a vital role in supporting our quest to build the best water treatment, water hygiene, air quality, and testing company in the UK. The Water Treatment and Water Hygiene division of MES is one of the largest water safety specialists in the UK and we believe that our success hinges on the expertise and dedication of our team members.  

Working in a team of nine and based in our Gloucester office you will take responsibility for one or more of our trading entities, ensuring that supplier invoices are processed and approved correctly. You will support with the weekly payment activity and reconciliation processes ensuring that all invoice and payment postings are actioned in line with our monthly timetable.  

Responsibilities: 

Daily Tasks   

• Accurately process supplier invoices for your assigned MES entities, ensuring these are actioned in a timely manner   

• Resolve queries quickly and effectively to mitigate processing delays  

• Always keep own query log updated, escalating where appropriate to prevent the ageing of invoices  

• Monitor and maintain any relevant AP mailboxes, responding to e-mails in a professional and timely manner 

• Build excellent networking skills and grow relationships with internal and external customers 

• Complete account reconciliations, resolving debit balances and Direct Debit allocations if required 

• Ensure customer master data is always up to date and accurate 

• Any other administrative duties as required by the Accounts Payable Manager  

• Help with opening and distributing the Finance post 

Behaviours:

• Display a positive can-do attitude, always behaving in a professional manner  

• Demonstrate a collaborative way of working within the team and wider Finance environment 

• Take ownership and accountability for your actions and decision making 

• Ensure that integrity and compliance is always a priority across all activities performed  

• Develop own learning and build experience to cover for others 

Systems & Skills: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to adapt to differing audiences 

• Able to work well under pressure, demonstrating ability to change priorities quickly 

• Strong organisational and time management skills   

• Effectively collaborate with all colleagues, and contribute to a positive work environment 

• A competent user of excel  

• Desirable knowledge of any of our current systems – Sage 50, Sage 200, Xero,  

What you will bring:

• Resilience within a demanding environment with a minimum of 12 months Accounts Payable experience, and ideally AAT qualified 

• A right first-time attitude with high level of accuracy and attention to detail  

• Experience using SAGE 200 (desirable but not essential as training will be given) 

• Strong organisational skills with ability to flex between work as required 

• A team player – happy to get “stuck in”