About the Role
The Accounts Payable Executive will play a central role in ensuring the accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices and payments, whilst maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Operating in a fast-paced environment, this role supports the smooth running of the Accounts Payable process.
Responsibilities
- Handle day-to-day Accounts Payable (AP) queries, ensuring timely and accurate resolution.
- Perform three-way matching of supplier invoices to purchase order receipts using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O) in an accurate and timely manner.
- Manage and resolve document issues via Landsec’s internal invoice platform (ICE), including invoices, credit notes, and associated supporting documents on a regular basis to ensure prompt resolution.
- Upload and process non-Purchase Order (PO) invoices from external providers using a journal template.
- Perform statement reconciliations to maintain accurate supplier account records.
- Assist with the weekly preparation of supplier and other ad hoc payments.
- Assist with PO housekeeping and support to wider Business, ensuring PO’s are approved/ receipted as needed or closed down when no longer required.
- Provide back-up and support to the Senior Accounts Payable Executives and Head of AP, contributing to team continuity and workload management.
- Support the wider AP team with additional tasks as required.
- Develop and maintain strong, effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including the Supplier Onboarding team.
Requirements
- Proven experience working in an Accounts Payable role.
- Competent in processing high volumes of invoices accurately against Purchase Orders and in accordance with internal processes.
- Proficient in data entry and transaction coding.
- Good understanding of handling multi-currency invoices and reconciling credit notes, including varied VAT treatments.
- Ability to review supplier reconciliations, ensuring account accuracy.
- Proactive and solution-oriented, able to investigate and resolve queries independently and with confidence.
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail and effective time management.
- Responsive and capable of managing competing priorities whilst maintaining accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
- Deliver accurate, high-quality work within required timeframes.
- Strong communication skills and customer focused mindset, committed to delivering a positive experience to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organisation, including Finance and wider business functions.
- Flexible and adaptable, capable of adjusting to changing priorities and supporting additional tasks when needed.
- Problem solving mindset with a strong commitment to driving continuous improvements to systems and processes.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Outlook
- Excel (including pivot tables and VLOOKUP)
- Microsoft Dynamics D365 F&O (desirable)
Location
- London, Victoria
Work Type
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Accounts Payable experience
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive
Benefits
- Performance based annual bonus plan
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 27 days after 2 years
- Option to purchase up to 10 additional days each year
- Three-day December festive break
- ‘My Day’ for personal use
- Enhanced pension contributions (Landsec will contribute up to 10.5% subject to your contribution)
- Private medical insurance
- Health Cash Plan
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave policies
- Two different share plans
- Up to 4 working days to volunteer per year
- 'Give As You Earn' programmes with a 20% top-up
- Employee assistance programme
- Digital GP
- Cycle to work scheme
- Mindfulness app
- Health app supporting fertility and menopause
About the Company
- We identify and shape places that create opportunity, enhance quality of life, and bring joy to the people connected to them.
- This is how we’ve created the UK’s leading portfolio of urban places and one of the largest real estate companies in Europe.
- Our £10 billion portfolio is built around premium workplaces, the country’s pre-eminent retail platform, and a residential pipeline that will redefine urban life.
- We’ve honed this ability over 80 years.
- Spotting the opportunities, building the partnerships, and continually adapting to shape the places that meet the needs of a changing world.
- Places where life happens.
- Where businesses grow.
- And where cities are defined.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy and/or parental status, ethnicity, race, nationality, citizenship, cultural background, socio-economic background, religion or belief.
- If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please get in touch with our recruitment partners by emailing recruitmentqueries@landsec.com.
