Accounts Payable Assistant

  • Pursuit Executive Recruitment Ltd
  • Basildon, Essex
  • Sep 06, 2025
Full time Manufacturing

Job Description

Title: Accounts Payable Assistant

Location: Basildon, Essex

Salary: 30,000 - 32,000 DOE per annum

HYBRID/ Full Time - Monday to Friday (5 days on-site during probation and then the role moves to a Hybrid model)

You will need a Full UK Driving Licence and access to your own vehicle

Our client, located in Basildon, Essex, is on the lookout for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join their busy finance team.

This role is for a keen and diligent person with experience in an Accounts Payable role. This role will be responsible for an entire ledger, in terms of invoice processing, query resolution and payment management. The person must show flexibility a willingness to learn, and be willing to be responsible for a ledger with approximately 1800 invoices per month.

You will be expected to have good MS Office skills, be generally IT literate, and have experience of using a major accounting package, or IT system. This is a responsible role within the Finance team, and candidates should have proven experience of working in a Finance department in similar roles and must be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of the above responsibilities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Invoice Processing (Matching to goods receipts and PO's)

UK Payments - CHAPS and BACS - Weekly

Foreign payments - CHAPS - Weekly

Timely query resolution

Internal liaison with PO raisers and managers

Supplier Statement Reconciliation

Monthly balance sheet controls reconciliation

Month end reporting as required.

Other adhoc tasks as required.

Your Background & Skill:

  • Experience within a similar finance role is essential.
  • You will have to desire to study and want to improve your financial qualifications.
  • Good MS Office Skills (including Excel).
  • Full UK Driving Licence and access to a car.
  • Experience of using an accounting package.
  • You will have the ability to prioritise your workload.
  • Strong communication skills.

Please ensure your location is clearly marked on your CV when you submit your application to avoid delays in shortlisting your CV.

You will need full rights to work in the UK; our client does not offer Visa Sponsorship.