Accounts Payable Assistant

An opportunity has arisen for an Accounts Payable assistant role within the Accounts Payable and Financial Control team, part of the UK Shared Service Centre.

The role will be based in Brentwood along with the wider UK and Group finance Teams. This is a permanent position.

Required skills and experience:

• Ability to take on new tasks quickly and work independently.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment and work processes.
• Previous experience in an Accounts payable role is required.
• Experience of working in a shared service centre environment is an advantage.
• Good IT literacy skills, especially Excel.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Intertek’s passionate and entrepreneurial culture inspires employees to be Ever Better, to own and shape their future, whilst giving them the freedom, power and tools to develop a learning and development pathway that is unique to them. From their unique Skills for Success management and leadership development programme, which enables employees to gain skills and recognised qualifications to deliver 10X Performance, to Learning Leadership Labs that allow a learning experience for new and future leaders to support innovation and engage their people through collaborative quality conversations, Intertek has amazing opportunities waiting just for you!

Key activities:

• Gathering utilities usage data from supplier portals and other UK contact points for input into our sustainability system (Accuvio).
• Processing some Supplier Invoices and supporting our outsourced partners with processing queries in the SUN system.
• Accounts Payable operational support and supplier queries.
• Bank reconciliations for multiple companies in multiple currencies.
• Processing Interface Journals and Bank Journals.
• Reviewing Payment run proposals.
• Providing Month end accrual data to the reporting team.
• Reconciling balance sheet accounts and Raising Intercompany Invoices.
• Supporting the Intercompany reconciliation process.
• Payment Approvals

WHAT WE OFFER

Join Intertek and become part of our global network of inspiring and entrepreneurial colleagues. We are a global family that values diversity and we thrive working together with precision, pace, and passion. We are working to make the world Ever Better, ensuring the quality, safety and sustainability of products and services used by millions of people around the world.

• Competitive salary/benefits
• Development and career opportunities around the Globe
• Working in a highly motivated team and dynamic working environment

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer who do not discriminate against applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex or national origin.

Intertek operates a preferred supplier arrangement and we do not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies.