Senior Accounts Payable Administrator

Are you a experienced Accounts Payable professional looking for a new challenge?

VolkerRail is a leading multidisciplinary railway infrastructure contractor which comprises of two businesses: Major Projects and Specialist Businesses.

Major Projects is an expert in collaborative working, leading on large, multidisciplinary joint venture and alliance projects.

Specialist Businesses is made up of expert divisions in signalling, track, power, electrification, and piling, and has an in-house plant division and bespoke design teams.

Our Head office is based in J3 Business Park, Doncaster and provides support to the businesses in the following areas: Finance and Payroll, Human Resources, HSQES, Work Winning, Procurement and Fleet.

Join VolkerRail's Finance and Systems team in Doncaster as a Senior Accounts Payable Assistant, where you'll play a key role in driving both financial operations and systems enhancements.

What You'll Do:

As part of a collaborative team of 7, you will:

• Process high volumes of invoices, subcontractor applications, and employee expenses.
• Support our systems team on COINS ERP+ enhancement projects (e.g., automating expenses, purchase cards, invoice matching, and OCR).
• Act as a bridge between the AP and Systems teams, testing new systems and supporting the rollout of process improvements.

About you

• Proven experience handling high transaction volumes in an Accounts Payable role.
• Experience with COINS ERP+ or similar ERP systems is highly desirable.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to liaise across departments.
• Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workload.
• Experience in developing and implementing process improvements.

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerRail is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerRail are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

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Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.