Accounts Payable Analyst

This Account Payable Analyst role involves working closely as part of the accounts payable team to ensure delivery of a high service level whilst working within internal compliance and legislation requirements.

The successful candidate will be an experienced Analyst with Accounts Payable and/or Customer Service experience with a track record of delivering a high level of customer care in a fast-paced changing environment.

Main Duties

• Ensure the accurate and timely delivery of Accounts Payable services, including analysing daily KPIs
• Escalating issues and queries to management if necessary
• Support any outsource provider to achieve and exceed KPI expectations whilst working within the agreed SLAs
• Perform root cause analysis of complex issues to drive improvement and issue resolution in the end-to-end AP Process flow
• Identify potential process improvements to increase efficiency
• Create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs) for the team
• Be the first point of contact to the business, TCs and any third-party service providers as an SME (Subject Matter Expert)
• Educate suppliers, business users and TCs to aid reduction in exceptions and demand on query management
• Coordinate and deliver training sessions and/or materials to TCs and the business
• Build successful business relationships at all levels (particularly in Finance and with TCs) to encourage efficiency and understanding
• Manage and prioritise daily workload to ensure deadlines are met/exceeded for all activities
• Provide excellent customer relations, written and verbal to suppliers, TCs and the business
• Work within Travel Counsellors’ internal compliance/guidance rules and applicable legislation
• Work daily within Travel Counsellors CARE values

Benefits

• A competitive basic salary plus an annual bonus
• Flexible hybrid working model.
• Career development and promotional opportunities
• 25 days holidays (increasing to 28 after 5 years of service)
• A Moments That Matter Day (annually)
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Holiday buy and sell
• 3 paid days of charity leave
• Company events, socials, and incentives
• 3 x death in service
• Company pension scheme
• Costco membership
• Salary sacrifice, company car scheme
• Free breakfast, fruit, and hot/cold beverages
• Referral scheme
• Employee discount

Essential Skills

• A minimum of 3 years of proven accounts payable and/or customer care experience
• Proven experience in data analysis and root cause analysis
• IT literate with advanced knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel experience (pivot tables and functions)
• Must have good ERP experience
• Proven experience of working in a successful team with previous experience of engaging and collaboratively with staff at all levels.
• Proven experience of taking ownership and responsibility within a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Must have excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Travel industry experience would be desirable
• You will have strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Take ownership of tasks, maintaining focus when tight deadlines are required
• Can show creative thinking when solving problems, wanting to resolve these as quickly as possible
• You will take pride in your appearance and personal brand and possess a charismatic personality
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments with informal ways of working
• Possess a great work ethic, positive mindset and limitless thinking

Apply for this Accounts Payable Analyst role today!

About Company

Here at Travel Counsellors, our customers, communities, and colleagues lie at the heart of everything that we do – and that’s what makes us special. For us, relationships come before transactions, and we are there for our customers, connecting with them on a deeply human level through the moments that matter.

We’ve been changing lives for over 29 years as the leading travel marketplace for self-employed travel entrepreneurs, empowering over 2,000 global independent travel agents to run successful leisure and corporate travel businesses. We pride ourselves in remaining a company that truly cares and one that has never wavered from its purpose; to redefine what personal means for a travel business.

Our Travel Counsellors are supported by a team of over 370 super-talented people in our support offices to help them create unique, inspiring, and exciting experiences for their customers, building lasting personal relationships that bring them back to us, time and time again.

Our unique approach within the workplace – as well as towards customers – has seen us receive numerous awards and accolades, including being named The Best Place to Work in Travel at the 2022 TTG Travel Industry Awards, as well as being the first travel company to be awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category!

We are currently expanding at a phenomenal rate – on the back of what is our record year in terms of revenue (over £930m) and so are looking for like-minded individuals to join our dedicated Head Office team, to help the company continue to flourish. Join the team today as an Accounts Payable Analyst.