Accounts Payable Accountant

Purpose of the Role

We are creating two new Accounts Payable Accountant roles to form a dedicated, remote AP processing team supporting the WH Scott Group finance function across the UK and Ireland. The team will own high-volume supplier invoice processing and a reconciliation-led payment control environment across multiple group companies.

These are hands-on, delivery-focused roles for capable accountants who take pride in accuracy, speed and control. The team will initially support W.H. Scott & Son (Engineers) Ltd (WH Scott UK), WH Scott Ireland and Re-Ropes, with Metlab and future acquisitions to be brought into scope as the group grows.

Key Responsibilities

Invoice Processing

• Accurate, high-volume processing of supplier invoices across multiple group entities, ensuring correct coding, entity, currency, UK and Irish VAT treatment and approval routing

• Match purchase orders, delivery notes and invoices to verify transactions, escalating mismatches promptly

• Take ownership of the GRNI report and resolve outstanding items monthly, within the month-end timetable

• Own the new supplier set-up process, including verification of supplier bank details in line with group controls

Supplier Statement Reconciliations & Payment Control

• Complete monthly reconciliations of every supplier account to the supplier’s statement – 100% coverage, every month

• Operate the group’s payment gate – a strict control applies: no supplier is paid unless their account has been fully reconciled to their latest statement. The AP team owns and enforces this rule

• Prepare payment runs for approval, ensuring only fully reconciled supplier accounts are included, and document reconciliation status to support each run

• Investigate and resolve reconciling items (missing invoices, credits, duplicates, pricing differences) promptly and to a clear audit trail

• Complete AP-related balance sheet reconciliations within the set month-end timetable

Service & Responsiveness

• Respond to supplier and internal queries quickly and professionally, working to agreed response-time targets

• Work UK/Ireland business hours to remain fully responsive to the Group AP Lead, the wider finance team, operational sites and suppliers

• Maintain organised, up-to-date records in the ERP system to support audits and reporting

• Flag capacity issues early and support the scaling of the team as invoice volumes and entities grow