Employment type: Permanent
Salary: 32k/year - 34k/year
SENIOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ASSISTANT – RETAIL
WOKING – 3 DAYS IN / 2 DAYS FROM HOME – PERMANENT – A hands-on AP role with real ownership and team responsibility
£32,000–£34,000
Are you an experienced Accounts Payable professional looking for a role with more ownership and variety? Do you thrive when you’re close to the detail but also helping those around you improve?
We Do Group are recruiting a Senior Accounts Payable Assistant for a well-established retail business based in Woking. This is a permanent, hybrid role sitting within a structured finance function – supporting the AP Manager, taking ownership of key processes, and providing day-to-day guidance to junior team members.
It’s a broad AP seat – you’ll be across invoice processing, payment runs, supplier reconciliations, and month-end, while also being the person others lean on when they need direction.
WISH LIST
- Solid Accounts Payable experience gained in a large or multi-entity business
- Comfortable supporting or supervising junior team members – you’re the one people come to with questions
- Organised and process-minded – you spot inefficiencies and do something about them
THE ROLE
- Process vendor invoices and credits accurately and on time across multiple operating divisions
- Prepare payment runs in line with company controls – flag discrepancies and recommend fixes
- Carry out regular supplier statement reconciliations to keep accounts clean and up to date
- Manage relationships with business-critical suppliers to protect supply and service continuity
- Own the AP ticketing system and invoice scanning software day-to-day – keeping everything moving
- Prepare month-end balance sheet reconciliations – investigate anomalies and resolve aged items
- Support the supplier onboarding process and oversee the proforma payment tracker
- Maintain working knowledge of VAT and CIS regulations to ensure compliant invoice processing
- Provide clear direction and workload distribution to junior team members
- Identify process improvement opportunities and implement agreed changes with the AP Manager
- Provide ad hoc reporting and support as the function requires
YOUR PROFILE
- Experience in a high-volume AP environment
- Effective communicator – written & verbal
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel
- Confident supporting or guiding junior colleagues
SALARY & BENEFITS
- £32,000–£34,000
- Woking – 3 days in the office, 2 days from home