Accounts Payable Specialist

DP World is currently recruiting for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join our team at our regional head office in central London. This role plays a key part in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of accounts payable processes for the Europe Regional Office. Responsibilities include timely processing of invoices and expenses, maintaining financial records, and supporting cost control and reporting. The role also provides exposure to senior stakeholders and involvement in business development initiatives and ad-hoc projects.

How you will contribute

• Monitoring AP mailboxes, ensuring timely processing of the invoices in purchase ledger  
• Reminding the departments to receipt purchase orders
• Ensuring invoices are matched with purchase orders and correctly coded 
• Checking invoices meet VAT recovery criteria
• For non-PO invoices ensure the correct coding and approval per the matrix of authority
• Resolving supplier and internal queries promptly and professionally
• Assisting with weekly BACs payment runs 
• Performing reconciliations of Supplier accounts 
• Managing new suppliers’ registration requests
• Keeping suppliers master file up to date
• Auditing expense claims in Oracle Expense Module, validating against expenses policy
• Checking the recoverable VAT is supported by expense receipts
• Respond to queries from employees and follow up where required or escalate queries with senior management 
• Conduct reconciliation of the corporate card transactions by the card holders and follow up on the outstanding claims
• Support Procurement and Departments with the purchase order related queries
• Assist with the monthly reporting and budget reviews, ensuring timely and reliable information is available to the FP&A and Accounting teams
• Business partner with departments and assist with the review of the spend 
• Support the Accounting team with any other ad hoc duties
• Working with the Procurement Regional Team to continually improve P2P processes in Europe Regional Office 
   

What will you bring

• Experience working in accounts payable, with a focus on reviewing and processing a high volume of invoices and expense claims 
• Experience in Oracle Fusion 
• Knowledge of VAT 
• AAT qualified or part qualified is desirable 
• Computer literate with proficient Excel skills 
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 103,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades. The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE