Purchase Ledger Assistant - Maternity Cover - Awaze : Job Details

About Awaze

We are Europe’s largest manager of holiday rental properties, with 110,000 units under management in over 600 destinations in 25 countries across the continent. Our purpose is simple - to delight owners and guests. The business operates more than 25 consumer brands including Novasol, Cottages.com and Hoseasons.

The Role

Please note that this is a 12-month maternity cover role, hybrid with at least 3 days in our Manchester office (M2 6FW).

What you’ll be doing

As part of the Accounts Payable team, you’ll be responsible for ensuring all invoices are loaded and coded correctly ready for the weekly payment run, processing employee expenses and purchasing cards through to payment, ensuring our managed service process is followed weekly ensuring payment to caretakers and third parties and recharges back to our owners, dealing with partners, sundry invoicing and journal payments to name a few. As well as taking part in any system testing and any merger and acquisition work that is required.

We currently post approx. 45,000 invoices from various sources per year which can be manually inputted, uploaded via our Auto Capture routine or via an upload, serving over 5000 suppliers.

You’ll also be liaising with various departments across the business providing continuous support where necessary. Key skills we need: We’re a team full of energy and with a passion for what we do, so it’s key that you’re enthusiastic, driven and keen to be part of a team.

What else do you need in order to succeed in this role?

• Have an inquisitive mind and love new challenges, our business is very fast paced and constantly changing
• Previous Accounts Payable experience advantageous
• Excellent numerical and communication skills
• Experience of managing your own workload
• Experience of dealing with spreadsheets
• not just data entry, but pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s etc too
• You’re passionate about travel and, in particular, UK holidays
• Ideally, you’ll have had some experience of working within leisure/travel

Equally as important as all the technical "stuff", we’re looking for someone who is hungry to learn, irrespective of their seniority. We don’t believe in standing still (we work in travel, after all), but instead think that everyone should be learning, all the time. Whether it’s a new piece of software, an industry event or a mentoring opportunity, we will support you to grow your skillset.

If you’re excited by working in a fast paced environment, are obsessed by all things customer and want to join us on our journey, we’d love to chat.

What we’ll give you

• £21,000 per year
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
• We have a range of awazing travel benefits for team members, friends and family, which you can take advantage of after passing your probation period.
• Access to Perkbox
• offering you access to a range of benefits from free monthly treats to shopping discounts from top brands
• This is an opportunity for you to join us at a pivotal point in time as we invest in our future
• You’ll be joining a team of genuine, passionate people
• You’ll have the freedom to choose the best way of working to get the job done. We work cross-functionally, so you’ll be given opportunities to develop skills outside of your core skillset.

We believe in equal opportunities and aim to create a team that is representative of our society, knowing that embracing differences enhances the capabilities of our business and makes for a happy place to work. We are proud to recognise and celebrate that we have a diverse culture where employees are accepted for who they are, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion or ability.