Accounts Payable Assistant - UK

Just Eat is a leading global marketplace, providing millions of customers with an easy and secure way to order and pay for their favourite food from tens of thousands of Restaurant Partners.

We are committed to bringing emerging talent into our business, as well as retaining and developing our existing colleagues, with the potential to be tomorrow's leaders of Just Eat.

Finance

The Finance team has to help the business grow and achieve its goals. We partner across the business with new initiatives, from sales to technology, in order to support growth in all areas. Our role is to take into account every aspect of the company combined, to make sure we're financially sound and heading in the right direction. With the rate at which our business is growing, life in the finance department is never dull. Every day is different and provides a different challenge, whether that's forecasting, reporting or learning - there's a lot of room to prove yourself and to progress.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the UK Accounts Payable Manager this is a varied and exciting position, providing a good opportunity to gain a wider understanding of financial processes. The role of the Accounts Payable Assistant is to act as key contact for all suppliers and ensuring payments are made in a timely manner.

Key responsibilities

• Processing supplier invoices from purchase order creation stage through to payment.

• Verification and processing of expense claims for payment.

• Creation of supplier and employee expense payment runs.

• Payment of foreign currency invoices.

• Responding to supplier queries via email and telephone.

• Setting up new suppliers.

• Purchase order coding checks and item code checks within Microsoft D365.

• Purchase order preparation.

• Various administration and report production from Microsoft D365.

• Manage all credit card administration and uploading of statements

• Chasing stakeholders for PO approval and expense approval that is delayed.

• Complete other ad-hoc tasks as and when required.

Required skills and experience

• Previous Accounts Payable experience

• Working towards and or willing to start AAT qualification

• Ideally worked within a high volume of transactions

• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines

• A team player who will be working with the wider business and the rest of Finance

• A can-do attitude

• A high level of accuracy with good attention to detail

• Good/intermediate Excel skills

• Good communication skills

• Able to seek out improvements and find solutions if problems are encountered