Accounts Payable Partner

Acteon Group; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy solutions provider in Aberdeen is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Partner to manage financial transactions. The role involves processing purchase orders and invoices, maintaining supplier records, and ensuring compliance with accounts payable processes. The ideal candidate has a background in accounts payable and strong proficiency in Microsoft Office. This is a full-time, permanent position based in Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.

Qualifications

• Experience in accounts payable environment.
• Understanding of bookkeeping and accounting payable principles.
• High level of IT aptitude with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all purchase orders are coded correctly and authorised.
• Process all purchase invoices through authorisation procedure.
• Perform intercompany processing to adhere to reporting deadlines.
• Process personnel expenses and reconcile supplier statements.
• Ensure all supplier queries are responded to in a timely manner.

Skills

Experience in accounts payable environment

Understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting payable principles

IT aptitude and proficiency with Microsoft Office

Ability to work in a team and independently

Good time management and organisational skills

Job description

Advert From seabed to surface, Acteon develops solutions to the energy industry’s most complex problems. We harness data, engineering knowledge and operational expertise to efficiently design, install, maintain, extend the life of, and decommission offshore energy assets to ensure they deliver maximum economic value. Using the latest technology, we gather and analyse hard-to-reach data in the most challenging environments. We partner with customers to apply it to their specific needs and challenges and devise tailored plans to help them safely and responsibly accelerate projects and reduce the total cost of operations. This allows our customers to focus on enhancing their core operations, growing sustainably and profitably and, ultimately, delivering the energy the world needs. Acteon are looking to hire an Accounts Payable Partner on a full time, permanent basis. Based at our facility in Bridge of Don, Aberdeen the Accounts Payable Partner will manage and oversee the financial transactions of the company. Duties include bookkeeping, invoicing, and dealing with vendors.

Duties & Main Responsibilities

• Ensuring all purchase orders are coded correctly and authorised in line with authorisation matrix.
• Processing all purchase invoices through authorisation procedure, matching to relevant purchase order, and ultimately inputting into accounts package in a timely manner.
• Performing intercompany processing in a timely manner to adhere to reporting deadlines.
• Processing of personnel expenses.
• Reconciliation of supplier statements. Verify and investigate discrepancies.
• Ensuring all supplier queries, internal and external, are responded in a timely manner.
• Monthly Bank reconciliations
• Calculation of withholding tax deductions on relevant invoices at correct rate to assist with supplier payment processing.
• Calculation and updating of supplier payments to ensure accurate cashflow reporting.
• Liaising with Business Line controllers with respect to invoices that are due for payment.
• Ensure that accurate and up to date records are maintained.
• Facilitate payment of invoices due by sending bill reminders and contacting client.
• Generate reports detailing accounts payables status.
• Understands compliance issues around accounts payable processes.
• Ad hoc duties as directed by the Team Leader and/or the Centre of Excellence Manager.

Required

• Experience in accounts payable environment
• Understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting payable principles
• High level of IT aptitude and proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Ability to work in a team and independently
• Good time management and organisational skills