Dakota Hotel based inMANCHESTER are looking for a detail-oriented and proactiveindividual to join our Finance Team in the role of Accounts Payable Clerk . We are seeking someone with experience inaccounting or finance and strong administrative skills, with the ability towork accurately and confidently in a fast-paced environment.
CONTRACT AND PAY RATE
- The role carries a permanent contract
- Typical hours 30-35 hours per week
- Pay rate is £13.50 per hour, paid weekly
We offer flexibility around start andfinish times, with typical hours falling between 09:00 and 15:00, but we’rehappy to adjust within a 07:30-09:30 start window and a flexible finish time tosuit your schedule.
Thisis an on-site role based primarily at our property in Manchester city centre.Please note that remote or hybrid working is not available for this position.
PRIMARY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Inthis central Accounts Payable role, you will support the smooth running of thecompany’s purchase ledger, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely processingacross all invoices and supplier accounts. Role responsibilities include:
- Processing supplier invoices accurately andefficiently, including matching, batching and coding in line with AP bestpractice.
- Managing the central AP inbox, ensuring queries andinvoices are responded to promptly and professionally.
- Reconciling supplier statements, investigating andresolving discrepancies to maintain accurate creditor balances.
- Preparing and processing weekly and monthly paymentruns, ensuring all payments are authorised and made within agreed timelines
- Verifying invoice data to ensure compliance withinternal policies and financial controls.
- Handling supplier queries, maintaining positiveworking relationships and ensuring resolutions are delivered professionally andefficiently.
- Setting up and maintaining supplier accounts withinthe purchase ledger system, ensuring accuracy and required documentation.
- Assisting with month-end close tasks includingaccruals, reconciliations and supporting documentation.
- Keeping organised AP records and ensuring allinvoice and approval documentation is stored systematically.
- Escalating any issues affecting invoice processingor payment timelines to the AP Supervisor or Finance Manager.
- Supporting ongoing refinement and improvement of APprocesses, systems and workflows within the central finance function
- To fully understand the confidential and sensitivenature of the figures and information which is being processed, ensuring noinformation is divulged to any persons out with the Accounts and SeniorManagement team
- Any ad hoc duties as required.
BENEFITS
In addition to being part of a culture infused with positivity andopportunity for ongoing development, tangible benefits you could enjoy when youjoin our team include:
- Special discounts on stays and dining at anyDakota
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program whichincludes free private mental health support and counselling sessions, video GPconsultations and private prescription services, as well as access to dailyrewards to be cashed out for shopping vouchers
- Support from our inhouse Mental HealthChampions
- Additional holiday day on the first anniversaryof your employment
- Family-friendly flexible working options
- Meals on duty and uniforming
- Bonuses to recommend a friend to join our teamand every time you are mentioned on Trip Advisor
- Accredited, certified compliance training givenon employment
- Access to a suite of external, certifiedresources via our Learning Management System
- Supportive continuous professional developmentculture with an annual appraisal and objectives, or a Personal Development Plan
- Opportunities to undertake both internal andexternal training courses, including potential for in-house Apprenticeships
Full terms on our benefits can be found in our Handbook.
ABOUT DAKOTA HOTELS
Dakota is a growing UK-based lifestyle brand, known for our stylish hotels, bustling brasserie Grills and upscale cocktail Bars. Dakota’s story started with two boutique hotels on the outskirts of Edinburgh, in South Queensferry, and Glasgow, in Eurocentral. We have now expanded into prime city centre locations in Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle with Manchester Airport coming soon and more in our pipeline.
Dakota is synonymous for delivering attentive and genuine guest service. We attract hard-working individuals who are passionate about working to the highest standards and have been voted within The Caterer’s Top 15 Best Employers in Hospitality for the last six years in a row. We were also featured within the Top 10 employers in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in the UK for the last two years, where our inclusive culture was spotlighted.
As recent winners of The Cateys ‘People Team of the Year’, we have award-winning internal training programmes within Dakota Academy fostering continuous development and ongoing training. As a result, over 75% of our leaders have been promoted internally and, for five consecutive years, a member of our team has won a prestigious Acorn Award awarded by The Caterer to the ‘Top 30 under 30’ in the industry, demonstrating our success in developing talent.
Eurocentral | Edinburgh | Glasgow | Leeds | Manchester | Newcastle| Manchester Airport (coming soon)
Ourlocation, 29 Ducie St, Manchester M1 2JL, is centrallylocatedin thePiccadilly Basin, close to Piccadilly Station ideallylocatedforpublic transport users.
We are hometo 137 luxury bedrooms, including 27 suites – the most in the city, adestination cocktail bar with champagne room, and a brasserie style grill withprivate dining rooms as well as a spectacular terrace.
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
The successful applicant will have/be:
- Atleast one years’ experience in an accounts payable role.
- Comprehensiveknowledge of Microsoft Excel is required.
- Previousexperience using Sage intacct accounting software is preferred.
- Hotelexperience is beneficial.
- Beable to work at pace with meticulous attention to detail.
- Meet deadlines and effectivelyprioritise workload.
- Anenthusiastic individual who will promote our culture of positivity.
- Betask oriented with a great pride for the work they do and attention to detail.
- Flexiblewith shift patterns and available around the needs of our business.
- Successfulcandidates must demonstrate having researched our brand and a genuine desire tobe part of our team.
- An enthusiastic individualwho will promote our culture of positivity.
- Be task oriented with agreat pride for the work they do and attention to detail.
- Flexible with shiftpatterns and available around the needs of our business.
- Successful candidates mustdemonstrate having researched our brand and a genuine desire to be part ofour team.
Dakota Hotel based inMANCHESTER are looking for a detail-oriented and proactiveindividual to join our Finance Team in the role of Accounts Payable Clerk . We are seeking someone with experience inaccounting or finance and strong administrative skills, with the ability towork accurately and confidently in a fast-paced environment.
CONTRACT AND PAY RATE
- The role carries a permanent contract
- Typical hours 30-35 hours per week
- Working 5 days per week
- Pay rate is £13.50 per hour, paid weekly
We offer flexibility around start andfinish times, with typical hours falling between 09:00 and 15:00, but we’rehappy to adjust within a 07:30-09:30 start window and a flexible finish time tosuit your schedule.
Thisis an on-site role based primarily at our property in Manchester city centre.Please note that remote or hybrid working is not available for this position.
PRIMARY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Inthis central Accounts Payable role, you will support the smooth running of thecompany’s purchase ledger, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely processingacross all invoices and supplier accounts. Role responsibilities include:
- Processing supplier invoices accurately andefficiently, including matching, batching and coding in line with AP bestpractice.
- Managing the central AP inbox, ensuring queries andinvoices are responded to promptly and professionally.
- Reconciling supplier statements, investigating andresolving discrepancies to maintain accurate creditor balances.
- Preparing and processing weekly and monthly paymentruns, ensuring all payments are authorised and made within agreed timelines
- Verifying invoice data to ensure compliance withinternal policies and financial controls.
- Handling supplier queries, maintaining positiveworking relationships and ensuring resolutions are delivered professionally andefficiently.
- Setting up and maintaining supplier accounts withinthe purchase ledger system, ensuring accuracy and required documentation.
- Assisting with month-end close tasks includingaccruals, reconciliations and supporting documentation.
- Keeping organised AP records and ensuring allinvoice and approval documentation is stored systematically.
- Escalating any issues affecting invoice processingor payment timelines to the AP Supervisor or Finance Manager.
- Supporting ongoing refinement and improvement of APprocesses, systems and workflows within the central finance function
- To fully understand the confidential and sensitivenature of the figures and information which is being processed, ensuring noinformation is divulged to any persons out with the Accounts and SeniorManagement team
- Any ad hoc duties as required.
BENEFITS
In addition to being part of a culture infused with positivity andopportunity for ongoing development, tangible benefits you could enjoy when youjoin our team include:
- Special discounts on stays and dining at anyDakota
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program whichincludes free private mental health support and counselling sessions, video GPconsultations and private prescription services, as well as access to dailyrewards to be cashed out for shopping vouchers
- Support from our inhouse Mental HealthChampions
- Additional holiday day on the first anniversaryof your employment
- Family-friendly flexible working options
- Meals on duty and uniforming
- Bonuses to recommend a friend to join our teamand every time you are mentioned on Trip Advisor
- Accredited, certified compliance training givenon employment
- Access to a suite of external, certifiedresources via our Learning Management System
- Supportive continuous professional developmentculture with an annual appraisal and objectives, or a Personal Development Plan
- Opportunities to undertake both internal andexternal training courses, including potential for in-house Apprenticeships
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