Accounts Payable Assistant

About Us

Alliance Medical are Europe’s leading independent provider of imaging services. 

We combine service excellence and innovative imaging technologies to improve patient care and support NHS and independent organisations with their ongoing imaging requirements. Our approach has delivered consistent company growth for more than 30 years. 

We operate a robust pre-employment screening process for all roles which includes proof of professional registration and qualifications, DBS checking and occupational health assessments.

We live by our company values to ensure the highest level of patient care:  

Our Values 

Leaders, managers, and supervisors have a particular responsibility to be role models in terms of how they demonstrate these values themselves and how they engage their teams to work in this way. 

Collaboration: 

We work together and in partnership for all our patients. We respect expertise and combine it to achieve more. 

Excellence: 

We never compromise. We strive to deliver the very best in everything we do to ensure the highest quality of care. We treat our patients and each other with compassion, dignity and respect. 

Learning: 

Knowledge and understanding comes from learning.  At Alliance Medical we are committed to ensuring that each and every one of us keeps on learning and that we continuously look for improved ways of working. 

Efficiency: 

Efficiency in healthcare means more patients get better care. We constantly seek new ways to use the scarce resource of healthcare more intelligently so that more people can live longer, fuller lives. 

Openness: 

We act with transparency and honesty in everything we do, where staff are encouraged to speak up to ensure a safe and secure environment for our patients. 

About the role

We are currently recruiting for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join our Finance Team at our Head Office in Warwick.

We are ideally looking for someone with previous finance experience. They must be good with organisational and time management skills as at times they will be working to tight deadlines.

Working as part of the Finance Team, you will help ensure the smooth, accurate, and timely running of the purchase ledger function, including:

• Processing supplier invoices accurately and in line with company policies
• Ensuring invoices are matched, approved, and coded correctly
• Preparing and processing supplier payment runs to agreed deadlines
• Monitoring supplier accounts and resolving discrepancies promptly
• Reconciling supplier statements and ensuring accounts remain up to date
• Handling queries from suppliers and internal teams efficiently and professionally
• Providing exceptional customer service and maintaining strong working relationships
• Identifying issues, suggesting improvements, and supporting system/process development
• Clearly communicating financial information to non‑financial colleagues
• Using systems and technology proactively to streamline and improve processes 

The hours of work are 40 per week and comes with generous benefits.

Please note that we will be interviewing throughout the duration of this advert.

 Therefore if you are interested in this role an early application is advised as we may close the advert prior to the advertised date.

Skills and experience

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• excellent written and verbal communication skills as they will be required to liaise with internal and external customers.
• • A flexible approach in recognition of weekly and monthly cycles in the work of the team, including the ability to provide out of hours support to operations as required
• • Excellent skills in Excel, including pivots and vlookups
• • Exceptional organisational and time management skills, with the ability to work quickly and accurately across a number of projects and activities
• • Ability to work with a small team, providing support and guidance to the business
• • Experience of working with accounting systems and in an accounts receivable environment