Accounts Payable Assistant

Part of the Palatinate Group, Your Golf Travel is the World’s largest golf travel business, offering golf breaks and golf holidays to over 3,000 destinations in 22 countries throughout the UK, Ireland, Europe and the Rest of the World. Since our inception in 2004 we have experienced rapid growth and are now a team of over 200 with offices in London, Brighton, St Andrews, Killarney and Alpharetta, GA. Along the way we have built some truly amazing relationships with our suppliers and customers, have developed a huge range of incredible travel products and experiences, won countless awards…and we are just getting started!

What makes us unique? Our people. Our employees are the life of our business and by joining our team you will become part of the most talented, ambitious passionate, collaborative and entrepreneurial team in travel as we continue to make huge waves in the market and further our position as the world’s leading golf travel company.

About the role:

We are looking for a talented Accounts Payable Assistant to join our fast-paced finance team. This will be a new and pivotal role in the next stage of the company’s growth and will help us to continue to develop as the world’s leading golf travel business.

As part of Destination Golf Services (DGS), a smaller entity within the Your Golf Travel group, we are seeking a detail-oriented Accounts Payable Assistant to manage all aspects of accounts payable for the business. This role will act as the sole point of contact for accounts payable in this area of the business, and will play a critical part in ensuring efficient payment processing and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers.

Working closely with the operations teams (based in St Andrews, Scotland and Alpharetta,Georgia), you will coordinate payments and contribute to the smooth running of the finance function, supporting DGS’s continued growth.

What you will be doing:

• Pro-active management and control of own supplier allocation and monitoring of ageing
• Liaising with suppliers regarding queries arising from the supplier statement reconciliations and other internal checks
• Processing the weekly payment run
• Setting up supplier bank payments and making payments over the phone
• Ensure supplier allocation is completed according to terms
• Supplier Invoice processing & Statement reconciliations using Xero and Bill
• Setting up supplier bank payments and making payments over the phone
• Allocate payments into the suppliers accounts within the accounting system and against customer bookings in the reservation system
• Month end Reconciliations
• Email box management
• Credit card reconciliations
• Assist with Ad Hoc tasks as required by the business

Requirements:

Must haves

• Accounts Payable experience
• A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel at intermediate or advanced level
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical and problem solving skills
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Be honest and trustworthy and aware of the importance of confidentiality
• Ability to work well under pressure and be flexible
• Actively studying towards an accounting qualification (AAT/CIMA/ACCA)

Nice to have

• Prior working knowledge of Xero
• Travel industry experience

What’s in it for you?

• Hybrid working (3 days office based/2 days remote split)
• Study support towards your accountancy qualification
• On-the-job training
• Opportunity to work within a friendly and warm team
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year up to 28 days
• Buy back up to 5 days annual leave per year (subject to line manager approval)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Great travel and holiday discounts (agent rates) across our group of companies
• A variety of partner discounts
• Access to a funded employee assistance programme
• Subsidised gym membership
• A bustling social calendar
• Access to free independent mortgage advice