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Job Post Details

Accounts Payable Assistant - job post

Consolidated Timber Holdings
Tilbury Freeport, Tilbury RM18 7HL
£29,000 - £32,000 a year - Full-time, Fixed term contract

Job details

Pay

  • £29,000 - £32,000 a year

Job type

  • Fixed term contract
  • Full-time

Shift and schedule

  • Monday to Friday

Location

Tilbury Freeport, Tilbury RM18 7HL

Benefits

Pulled from the full job description

  • Life insurance
  • Company pension
  • Casual dress
  • Enhanced maternity leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave
  • On-site parking

Full job description

The Company

Consolidated Timber Holdings (CTH) Ltd, is a market leader supplying sustainable timber products to a broad range of customers, mainly in the construction, merchants and joinery markets across the UK and Ireland.

We employ 300 colleagues working across 8 locations in the UK with our Head office located in Tilbury, Essex.

This is a time of exciting transformation for CTH as we deepen our presence in existing markets but also expand our reach into new customer groups who seek quality, innovative and market leading timber solutions.

We are passionate about the timber industry ensuring a commitment to ethical and sustainable supply supporting the global need for a carbon neutral environment.

The role

This is a fixed term contract until June 2027 to provide cover for maternity leave.

It is full time and based in our Head office in Tilbury from Monday to Friday.

You will be supporting the Accounts Payable team with the accurate and timely processing of invoices, ensuring key priorities are met and queries are responded to promptly.

  • Matching and processing high volumes of invoices and credit notes to purchase orders.
  • Bank account reconciliations and posting relevant accounting entries.
  • Staff expense processing.
  • Performing regular supplier statement reconciliations.
  • Having a proactive approach to resolve supplier, invoicing, and Purchase Order queries.
  • Processing weekly payment runs including multi-currency payments.
  • Ensuring all AP transactions are coded to the correct accounting codes.
  • Setting up and maintaining supplier accounts.
  • Assisting the Accounts Payable Manager with ad hoc purchase ledger duties as required by the business.

What you will bring

  • A minimum of three years prior experience within an Accounts Payable department.
  • You are an organised self-starter with a high attention to detail which is essential.
  • You have an ability to pick up accounting systems quickly.
  • Microsoft BC experience is desirable but not essential.
  • You will have a good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
  • You are able to prioritise your workload to meet deadlines and business needs.
  • You have excellent verbal & written communication skills

CTH is committed to providing equality of opportunity. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that all current and future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. Therefore, please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make to the application or interview process.

Pay: £29,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Casual dress
  • Company pension
  • Enhanced maternity leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Tilbury RM18 7HL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

  • Please let us know your availability to commence a Fixed Term Contract

Experience:

  • Accounts payable: 3 years (required)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

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