Accounts Payable Assistant

Accounts Payable Assistant

Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Full-time
Location: Whilst your base office will be in Glasgow, we’ll support you to work flexibly from home (providing a suite of IT equipment), whilst coming together on site to offer face to face support and collaboration twice a week.
Closing date: Friday 24th February
Salary: Negotiable depending on experience

Join EDF as a key member of our Accounts Payable team, where you will be responsible for processing invoices, payments, and company cards, whilst ensuring all are certified, authorised and processed in line with agreed terms or conditions.

The Finance Shared Services (FSS) Team is integral to the development and success of Finance in EDF Energy. This team is a central support to EDF Energy as a whole and is responsible for the provision of quality service and information across Financial Accounting, Accounts Payable, Purchasing Support and System Support.

The Accounts Payable Team is responsible for all tasks relating to invoices, payments, company cards, and supporting the business as part of this. The team operates efficiently and effectively and provides an excellent service to internal and external customers, working in line with company policies and procedures. Failure to meet requirements may impact Company reputation.

Our Accounts Payable team is growing, and we are delighted to be recruiting for three positions into the team.

The opportunity…

As a Team Member in Accounts Payable you will be providing an excellent service to all our internal customers and ensuring that they understand their responsibilities within the overall Accounts Payable processes. Providing advice and support to main interfacing departments on all issues relating to the job, as well as, ensuring supplier queries are efficiently resolved, and maintain EDF Energy taxation requirements.

You will be responsible for ensuring invoices are properly certified, authorised and paid to agreed payment terms and ensuring payments are made on time in line with selected payment methods. Helping to efficiently resolve supplier/employee queries relating to invoice/expense payments.

You will be responsible for issuing corporate cards to the business and complete all associated tasks, including VAT reclaim on card transactions and audit of card transactions. To also maintain and issue HMRC returns in line with the Construction Industry Scheme and update and create transactional and master data in SAP from Excel.

What we’re looking for…

You will ideally have accounts payable experience but having previously worked in an administrative or customer service environment will also be key to this role. You will be able to draw upon this experience to quickly identify customer needs and provide an efficient and accurate solution.

You will be a proactive, enthusiastic, methodical, and adaptable team player with excellent interpersonal and customer focused skills and with an eye for detail. You will have the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while handling multiple tasks. Whilst having a willingness to take responsibility and assume ownership and can exercise good judgment in recognising scope of authority. Also have a concise, clear, and accurate written style.

You will require intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and ideally have knowledge of SAP system.

For more information about this role, please contact Steph.Bonner@edfenergy.com

Our culture…

Alison Hart, Accounts Payable Team Member, says “I began working for EDF Accounts payable 3.5 years ago and it’s a decision I’ve always been proud of. I’ve been made welcome by the team and found them to be caring, supportive and helpful. The management team are equally as supportive and caring and will guide you through any obstacle to ensure your role is successful. The variety ensures there is no feeling of repetition, or stagnation and I know the work I do makes a difference to each EDF site and vendors large and small. My job within EDF is made possible due to the management and team’s all-round flexibility and hybrid working. With busy lives it makes a difference to have flexibility in your workplace.“

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity, inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.

We’re an equal opportunity and disability confident employer. If you feel comfortable sharing with us that you have a disability, you meet the minimum criteria for the role, we will guarantee you an interview.

We’ll value the difference you bring and give you opportunities to thrive and succeed and to feel you belong.

Our benefits…

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  Potential to earn 5% bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service up to a maximum of 30 days)
• A defined contribution pension scheme
• Retail discounts and cashback deals
• Healthcare cash plan
• Technology benefits
• Government tax-free childcare

Option to purchase:

• Additional annual leave
• Dental insurance
• Gym membership
• Critical illness insurance
• Personal accident insurance
• Travel insurance
• Car breakdown cover
• Dining card

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