Accounts Payable Administrator

Element has an opportunity for a new Accounts Payable Administratorto join our growing Global Business Services team in Edinburgh. Our new colleague will join us based from our beautiful new office in Edinburgh Park where we are enjoying state-of-the-art facilities including collaboration spaces huddle rooms open-concept layout and abundant natural light. With fantastic links by train tram commuter routes as well as having designated parking we are well connected for colleagues across the central belt of Scotland.

This is a fast-paced coordination role will allow you to bring your own ideas to an expanding team during a very exciting time for us as a business. If youre passionate about customer experience and are a strong organiser this role can offer a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in a market leading world leader in the TIC industry.

• Managing supplier queries by phone and email
• Mailbox management
• Managing our Accounts Payable invoice Readsoft portal
• Reconcile supplier accounts
• Meeting relevant month end processing and timetable requirements
• Distribution of daily queries to the relevant departments for escalation
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve queries quicker

Our ideal candidate will have previous experience of working in a supplier environment with a self-starter approach to a busy ever-changing high paced workload. It is highly advantageous that our new Accounts Payable Administrator comes from a finance preferably accounts payable environment but this is not essential.

Attributes for success:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Focused professional approach
• Competent with MS Office teams outlook (D365 experience would be advantageous)
• Strong organisation and coordination skills
• Team player attitude and ability to work independently
• Strong attention to detail
• Problem solving skills

Element is one of the fastest growing testing inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to Make tomorrow safer than today.

When failure in use is not an option we help customers make certain that their products materials processes and services are safe compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D through complex regulatory approvals and into production our global laboratory network of scientists engineers and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality sustainable outcomes and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming the worlds most trusted testing partner.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age disability ethnic origin gender marital status race religion responsibility of dependents sexual orientation or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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