Payables Assistant

PAYABLES ASSISTANT
This is a great opportunity for a resourceful and curious individual to progress their accountancy career, with support towards qualification, in a varied and interesting role with a multinational business. We are the world’s leading manufacturer of highly detailed, scale model cars for the motorsport and luxury car/ supercar sectors and as a result of growth and restructuring, we are looking for a payables assistant to join our Bristol based head office finance team.  

The job:

• All purchase ledger processes, including invoice entry, timely payment and query resolution
• Buying consumables, services, and tools for the Bristol Head Office 
• Validate and process staff expense claims
• Liaise and make travel bookings where necessary

You need to have:

• An excellent standard of spoken and written English 
• A logical approach to problem solving underpinned by good numeracy skills 
• Basic level of Excel competency
• A high level of honesty and personal integrity
• Good interpersonal skills 
• The ability to prioritize your workload and complete tasks accurately and efficiently 
• A minimum of 5 GCSE or equivalent at grade 4 or better to include Maths and English.
• Commitment to work towards qualified accountant status. After completion of a probationary period, the job holder would be entered into a Level 7 apprenticeship to undertake this study.  We would consider candidates needing to start at Level 3 or Level 4 before progressing further.
• A sense of commercial decision making and understanding of basic decision logic, and other considerations such as risk or ethics.
• Ability to self-review work and identify possible errors.
• Building awareness of professional standards applicable to their work including IFRS, auditing standards, basic tax and VAT, and anti-money laundering legislation.

You should be:

• Confident, personable, with an ability to build relationships quickly.
• A team-player.
• Curious and resourceful
• Familiar with modern ledger systems, ideally, but this is not essential as training will be given.

This is a full-time, permanent position, with flexibility for hybrid working, although regular attendance at our Bristol office will be required for training, meetings and the performance of some elements of the role.
Benefits include 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), free on-site parking, free tea/coffee on site, sick pay and life insurance schemes (after qualifying period).

To apply for this Payables Assistant role, please send your current CV and contact details to the Financial Accounting Manager (no agencies).

Please note that this role is ineligible for visa sponsorship and we cannot consider international applicants who do not already have the right to work in the UK for at least another 2 years.  Non-UK nationals must provide details of their visa type and expiry date, or other eligibility criteria, with their application.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent