About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Coordinator for a 6-month fixed-term contract to manage a multi-entity purchase ledger, focusing on supplier accounts, invoice processing, and payment activities. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to process improvements and enhance the efficiency of the accounts payable function.
Responsibilities
- Maintain an accurate, efficient, and well-controlled purchase ledger across multiple legal entities.
- Process and validate invoices, ensuring accurate coding, approvals, and allocations.
- Resolve invoice queries and discrepancies in partnership with internal stakeholders.
- Support the consistent application of financial controls and processes.
- Act as a primary contact for supplier queries and manage supplier accounts.
- Support weekly and ad hoc payment runs alongside Treasury.
- Manage critical supplier accounts and maintain clean, accurate ledgers.
- Ensure supplier data and payment controls remain robust and up to date.
- Perform supplier statement reconciliations and ledger reviews.
- Support AP control activities and intercompany processing.
- Contribute to reporting on aged creditors, payment activity, and exceptions.
- Identify and resolve issues before they impact operations.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency across procure-to-pay processes.
- Support automation and AI initiatives within finance workflows.
- Maintain clear process documentation and ways of working.
- Contribute ideas that strengthen controls and improve the supplier experience.
- Support month-end reconciliations, accruals, and ledger reviews.
- Investigate and resolve outstanding exceptions.
- Contribute to wider finance projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Significant accounts payable experience within a high-volume environment.
- Strong understanding of the full procure-to-pay process.
- Experience processing PO and non-PO invoices, including three-way matching.
- Experience supporting payment runs and supplier account management.
- Strong ERP system knowledge, ideally SAP or a similar platform.
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence analysing ledger data.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders to resolve queries and issues.
- Exposure to process improvement, systems enhancements, or automation initiatives.
- Experience within property, hospitality, flexible workspace, or another multi-site business (desirable).
- Knowledge of SAP Business ByDesign (desirable).
- Experience working across multiple legal entities (desirable).
- Familiarity with intercompany accounting processes (desirable).
- AAT, ACCA part-qualified or working towards a professional qualification (desirable).
Skills
- Accounts Payable
- Purchase Ledger Management
- Invoice Processing
- Payment Runs
- Supplier Management
- Reconciliation
- ERP Systems (SAP preferred)
- Excel (Advanced)
- Procure-to-Pay Process
- Process Improvement
- Automation Initiatives
- Intercompany Accounting
Location
- Office (4 days per week)
- Remote (1 day per week)
Work Type
- Fixed-term contract (6 months)
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- AAT, ACCA part-qualified or working towards a professional qualification (desirable)
Benefits
- Core working hours with flexibility
- Two weeks ‘Work from Anywhere’
- 28 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- 5% matched pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Discounted gym membership
- Health cash plan
- Mental wellbeing support
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- 25% off at Fora cafés
- 2 x volunteer days / year
About the Company
- Fora reimagines the workplace by creating inspiring, design-led spaces that blend hospitality, community, and wellbeing.
- They have over 60 locations across the UK, supporting more than 30,000 members.
- Fora partners with brands including Ocado, The British Fashion Council, and Pangaia.
- Backed by The Office Group, Blackstone, and Brockton Capital, Fora is redefining the future of work.
- The company is committed to conscious design and sustainability.
