Accounts Payable Assistant
Retail Finance – Accounts Payable | Handforth | Full‑time | Permanent | Hybrid
Are you looking to grow your finance career in a busy, friendly, and fast‑paced retail environment? Our Retail Finance team is looking for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join us and help keep our suppliers paid on time while delivering brilliant service across the business.
What you’ll be doing:
As an Accounts Payable Assistant, you’ll play a key role in managing the end‑to‑end AP process for your assigned vendors. Every day will be varied, and you’ll work closely with colleagues across the business to make sure invoices are processed accurately, issues are resolved quickly, and suppliers are paid to agreed terms.
You’ll also:
1. Build strong working relationships with internal teams and external suppliers.
2. Accurately process invoices and credit notes within agreed SLAs.
3. Complete statement reconciliations and resolve any differences.
4. Monitor parked invoices, making sure accounts stay up to date.
5. Help identify recurring issues and support improvements in processes.
6. Take part in projects, including automation initiatives and purchase ledger workshops.
This is a role where accuracy, pace, and great communication really matter — and where your contribution helps keep the whole retail operation running smoothly.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
7. Experience in Accounts Payable, ideally in a high‑volume or fast‑paced environment.
8. Good Excel skills (intermediate level).
9. Experience with SAP ECC or similar finance systems (helpful but not essential).
10. Strong organisation skills and the ability to prioritise your workload.
11. Great teamwork skills and a proactive, solutions‑focused approach.
12. Some understanding of retail or shared‑service environments (a bonus).
Why join us?
13. A supportive and collaborative team environment
14. Opportunities for development, training, and continuous improvement
15. Regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and a clear route to grow your skills
16. The chance to make a real difference in a key finance function
If you enjoy process-focused work, love getting things right first time, and want to be part of a business where behaviours and teamwork really matter, we’d love to hear from you.
Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!