Beazley is a specialist insurance company offering a collaborative and inclusive work environment. The Accounts Payable Analyst will ensure accurate and timely processing of Group AP daily functions, while providing high levels of customer service and driving continuous improvement across departments.
Responsibilities
- Analyse and process high volume of supplier invoice submissions across separate Beazley entities within Workday ERP system
- Complete weekly payments runs across separate entities for supplier payments
- Update Supplier Masterfile in Workday, ensuring all suppliers details are valid, current, and correct for timely payment processing
- Adhere to Accounts Payable SLAs to provide exceptional level of customer service to all internal (employees) and external stakeholders (suppliers, 3rd party service providers)
- Manage various Accounts Payable inboxes to address and resolve queries effectively and timely
- Continuous maintenance and review of process documentation for all AP functions and ensure consistency across all documented processes
- Collaborate with Financial Controls to implement and maintain controls to prevent fraud, misuse, and policy violations
- Support the quality and timeliness of internal control requirements associated with Accounts Payable
- Assist in the development of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs)
- Promote continuous improvement culture and maintain and improve standardisation of tasks and processes
- Manage KPI reporting on supplier invoices and payments to support Accounting Operations with visibility into key processes and opportunities for improvement
- Assist in the implementation and adherence of accounting policies, and procedures that support efficiencies
- Support Global Expense team and Business Partners DCR reporting relating to actuals versus budgets
- Complete monthly reconciliations of Trade Creditors accounts
- Support Sr AP Analyst Supervisors and Group AP Manager as necessary on activities across all areas within Accounting Operations
- Assist with both external and internal audits and provide timely and thorough documentation
- Use business knowledge and understanding of accounts payable processes to identify and propose improvements and enhancements for automated and streamlined processes
- Participate in implementation of new functionality as required
Skills
- General accounting knowledge
- Educated to degree level
- Experience working in Accounts Payable, Procure to Pay and/or financial accounting role
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent numeric and analytical skills
- Good understanding of Finance systems, processes, and accounting principles
- Intermediate/Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerBI and PowerPoint
- Self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and use problem solving skills to proactively resolve issues
- Effective prioritisation and organisational skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, tight timeframes and deadlines
- Ability to thrive in a global organization
- Ability to learn new systems quickly
- Ability to work as part of a team and under own initiative
- Adaptable to change and evolving circumstances
- High integrity
- Positive
- Customer focused
- Critical Thinking
- Emphasis on Quality & attention to detail
- Business awareness, performance, and delivery
- Strong financial analysis
- Planning
- Documenting
- Purposeful written and verbal communication
- Technical competence/expertise
- Managing talent
- Embracing diversity
- Relationship management
- Corporate governance and compliance
- Experience working within the Financial Services Industry (desired but not mandatory)
- Experience working with Workday ERP system (desired)
Benefits
- Competitively priced medical, dental and vision insurance
- Company paid life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) plan with 5% company match and immediate vesting
- 22 days PTO (prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), 11 paid holidays per year, with the ability to flex the religious bank holidays to suit your religious beliefs
- Up to $700 reimbursement for home office setup
- Free in-office lunch, travel reimbursement for travel to office, and monthly lifestyle allowance
- Up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Up to 2.5 days paid annually for volunteering at a charity of your choice
- Flexible working policy, trusting our employees to do what works best for them and their teams
Company Overview
Beazley provides insurance services for businesses. It was founded in 1986, and is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.beazley.com.
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