Transaction Senior Associate P2P - FTC 9 Months
On-siteManchester, England, United Kingdom
Manchester, England, United KingdomOn-siteFull TimeSenior LevelTECHLarge
Full TimeSenior LevelLargeTECH
Job Summary
Assess and resolve invoice queries, OCR-blocked invoices, and GRNI exceptions while maintaining a right-first-time approach. Liaise with internal teams and vendors to clear outstanding balances and recover funds within the 3-day SLA. Perform proactive vendor account reconciliations, challenge existing processes, and recommend permanent solutions to prevent recurring issues. This 9-month fixed term contract covers maternity leave for this role within McBride's PTP Transactions function.
Required Qualifications
- 9 months fixed term contract availability
- Ability to cover maternity leave
- Assess and resolve issues related to invoices on hold or under query
- Ensuring accuracy in Purchase Orders, pricing, logistics, and banking details
- Liaise directly with internal teams and external vendors
- Resolve invoice queries within the agreed 3-day SLA
- Contribute to achieving Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the FSSC and PTP functions
- Follow company policies, procedures, and controls daily
- Maintain a 'right-first-time' approach
- Identify root causes of recurring issues
- Recommend permanent solutions to prevent future queries
- Achieve best-practice performance levels as per benchmarks
- Deliver high-quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders
- Perform proactive vendor account reconciliations
- Identify missing invoices, credit notes, or misallocations
- Prevent payment delays
- Investigate and resolve OCR-blocked invoices and exceptions daily
- Reconcile outstanding supplier invoices against the Goods Received Not Invoiced (GRNI) report
- Work to reduce aged items across all ledgers
- Ensure timely resolution of outstanding balances
- Review and act upon all debit balances
- Recover outstanding funds promptly
- Ensure VAT invoices are requested after a proforma has been received and paid
- Maintain compliance with tax regulations
- Continuously challenge existing processes
- Identify opportunities for improvement within Finance and PTP operations
- Participate in and support company-wide change initiatives
- Assist PTP general users with query resolution
- Provide guidance on best practices
- Review root cause analysis for non-STP invoices
- Propose process improvements
- Report any deviations or non-compliance with standard processes promptly
Desired Qualifications
- Ambitious
- Self-motivated
- Hardworking
- Team player
- Interest in growing your career with an International FMCG business
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