AP Accountant

We are Natural Balance Foods, an ambitious young company best known by our nákd and Trek brands. We are devoted to making delicious, better for you snacks…and having some fun along the way too! Founded in 2006, we have grown quickly to now be one of the UK’s leading Cereal Bar suppliers by offering consumers a healthy, wholefood alternative to the over-processed snack bars that previously dominated the shelves in UK Grocery. Our nákd bars are “raw”, made with simple natural and wholesome ingredients like fruits, nuts, oats and seeds; they are free from gluten, wheat and dairy, are vegan, and the majority count towards 1 of your 5-a-day. Our Trek bars are also free from gluten, wheat and dairy, are vegan, and packed with natural, plant-based protein to keep you going! This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our growing, ambitious company, working alongside the small but expanding team of people here at NBF, as well as our colleagues in the Lotus Bakeries Natural Foods division; a family of brands that we joined in 2021. We work closely with our sister companies, also based in our St Albans office. This role will involve a lot of collaboration between these companies; Kiddylicious, Urban Fresh Fruits, Peter’s Yard and Biscoff. There will be frequent communication with the Belgium team where our AP and AR team are based, allowing the ability to hugely development and exposure to the wider business functions. The main part of this role will directly work with our Beligium team.As AP accountant you act as business partner between the Group Accounting Center and the budget holders within the organization. He/She processes the incoming purchase invoices from the UK entities and ensures all invoices are correctly registered after approval by the corresponding budget holder. The Accounts Payable accountant reports to the Team Lead AP/AR with whom he/she works closely together. These would be some of your main responsibilities Process the incoming invoices; processing invoices for the UK entities, checking invoices to ensure they are correct, scan the invoices and process them correctly Process the expense notes: check the incoing expenses to ensure they are correct, ensuring expenses are approved in a timely manner by manager Check specific accounts payable accounts in the balance sheet Ensure invoices are paid in time Produce error-free accounting reports and present results This role requires you to get stuck into/You will also assist on external audits and assisting in projects to increase the efficiency in AP flows, in an innovative, fun, office environment. We are a highly ambitious team and as a result, you will be given great opportunities to develop in the role and take on more responsibility quickly.Alongside living our TOP values of Team Spirit, Open Dialogue, and Passion, the most important things we’re looking for from you are: Knowledge SAP is a nice to have Good knowledge of Excel Accuracy and attention to detail You are motivated and eager to learn Possesses strong analytical skills You will enjoy a face paced environment, be flexible and adaptive, be a great team player and possess good communication and interpersonal skills