Accounts Payable Clerk

Accounts Payable Administrator

Aerospace | Full-time, office-based | 3-6 month contract

Role Overview

Our client is seeking an accurate and organised Accounts Payable Administrator to support its finance team. This is a hands-on, data-intensive position involving high-volume manual processing in SAP. The successful candidate will help ensure supplier invoices, records and queries are managed accurately and efficiently.

Employment Details

• Pay: £14.00–£15.00 per hour

• Hours: 39 hours per week

• Working arrangement: Full-time and office-based

• Schedule: Monday to Thursday, 08:00–17:00; Friday, 08:00–13:00

• Contract: Initial 3-month contract, with the possibility of an extension or permanent employment

Key Responsibilities

• Process and enter high volumes of supplier invoices and other accounts payable data accurately into SAP.

• Check invoice details, coding, purchase orders and supporting documentation before posting.

• Match invoices to purchase orders and goods-received records, investigating discrepancies where required.

• Post invoices and credit notes accurately and within agreed timescales.

• Maintain complete and up-to-date supplier and transaction records.

• Respond to supplier and internal queries regarding invoices, approvals and payment status.

• Reconcile supplier statements and help resolve outstanding items.

• Support payment preparation, month-end activity and general finance administration.

• Follow established financial controls, procedures and approval requirements.

Skills and Experience

• Previous experience in accounts payable, purchase ledger or a similar finance administration role.

• Experience using SAP or another ERP/accounting system; SAP experience is preferred.

• Strong data-entry skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Confident handling repetitive, manual and data-heavy workloads.

• Good numerical, organisational and time-management skills.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills for dealing with suppliers and colleagues.

• Ability to prioritise work, meet deadlines and work effectively as part of a finance team.

• Competence in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, would be advantageous.

Ideal Candidate

You will be dependable, methodical and comfortable working with large volumes of financial data. You will take ownership of accuracy, communicate professionally and be able to become productive quickly in an office-based environment