Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

Do you have a keen eye for detail and a passion for problem-solving? Are you confident in managing vendor relationships and driving process improvements? Ready to take ownership of key accounts and make a real impact in finance operations?

Here at GXO, we’re looking for a Senior Accounts Payable Associate to join our team and play a critical role in managing vendor relationships, resolving invoice disputes, and ensuring smooth financial operations. Reporting to the Assistant Accounts Payable Manager, you’ll act as a key point of contact for priority vendors and support the team in delivering accurate and timely results.

This is a full-time permanent position. You’ll be working Monday to Friday, 09:00 till 17:00 with a requirement to be in our Chippenham office Tuesday and Wednesday each week. However, some flexibility is required, this is logistics after all!

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £34,000 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). A company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and death in service.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Represent the onshore team in vendor meetings and ensure all actions are tracked and completed
• Own and manage priority vendor accounts, resolving invoice disputes and escalating blockers where needed
• Review vendor statement reconciliations and follow up on unreconciled differences
• Support month-end processes by completing assigned tasks accurately and on time
• Monitor and manage KPIs for unallocated cash, ensuring compliance and timely resolution

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Strong experience in Accounts Payable with a focus on vendor management and reconciliations
• Excellent communication skills and confidence in leading meetings with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage multiple deadlines effectively
• Proficiency in MS Office and familiarity with financial systems
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach with strong problem-solving skills

 We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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