Accounts Payable Assistant at Dyson

Job description

Description

As a member of the Finance Centre of Excellence, the Accounts Payable Assistant supports the Payables team and contributes to meeting the departments service levels and key targets. The role must deliver a high quality of service to our internal UK and overseas offices that payables services are provided to from the Finance Center of Excellence.

Market Overview

Home to our global Research, Design and Development centre and all of our Commercial functions, Dyson HQ is tucked away in countryside famous for the railway tunnels and bridges of Isambard Brunel, who revolutionised modern engineering. Our secluded location helps us to protect our ideas and stay independent-minded. Yet nearby are the fashionable cities of Bristol and Bath (where a young James Dyson invented cyclone technology).

Function Overview

Our Financial Accounting function provides the foundation for Dyson’s global commercial success. Creating and monitoring a framework of systems, processes and reporting that defines how we operate financially. The team forms a vital backbone of Dyson – encompassing our inventory, accounts payable and receivable, planning and analysis, and statutory reporting and consolidation. Delivering rapid performance insights and forecasting to help us stay ahead of the competition. And, in an organisation that doesn’t stand still, the team’s work is a growing challenge of ever-evolving numbers.

Accountabilities

• Receive and scan vendor documents.
• Managing inbound supplier communications through email inboxes.
• Perform invoice pre-process validations.
• Answer vendors queries via e-mail and phone.
• Maintain vendor master data where required.
• Reconcile supplier statements and respond to reminders.
• Perform monthly closing activities according to closing calendar and instructions.
• Providing the payables team support with invoice processing where required.
• Close working relationship with team leaders & wider team.

Skills

• Flexible and adaptable
• Strong attention to detail
• Willingness and ability to learn
• Ability to function effectively in a multi-tasking environment
• Proficiency in both verbal and written communication, which ensures information is clearly passed internally and externally