Part time Accounts Payable

Location: Bedford
Contract: 6 Months
Working Hours: 3 days per week, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Working Pattern: Part-time, office-based
The Opportunity
We are currently seeking an organised and detail-oriented Accounts Payable Assistant to join our client's finance team on a 6-month contract basis.
This is a part-time opportunity, working 3 days per week, Monday to Friday (days to be agreed), based in Bedford.
The successful candidate will provide support to the accounts payable function, ensuring supplier invoices are processed accurately and efficiently, including stock-related invoices, and assisting with supplier payment runs.
Key Responsibilities

• Processing accounts payable invoices, including stock invoices.
• Handling a mixture of manual and automated invoice processing.
• Checking, coding and matching invoices to purchase orders and delivery documentation where required.
• Assisting with supplier payment runs.
• Responding to supplier queries and resolving invoice discrepancies.
• Ensuring invoices are accurately recorded and processed within agreed deadlines.
• Supporting the wider finance team with general accounts payable duties as required.

About You

• Previous experience in an Accounts Payable or Purchase Ledger role.
• Confident processing high volumes of supplier invoices.
• Experience handling both manual and automated invoice processes.
• Good attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Comfortable working with stock invoices and supplier accounts.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to liaise with suppliers and internal departments.
• Able to work independently and manage workload effectively