William Stobart & Son Appleton Thorn – Office Based £25,000 – £30,000 | Permanent | Full-Time

Company Overview

William Stobart & Son is an established UK haulage and logistics business operating across national transport networks. With a reputation built on reliability, operational control and financial discipline, we support a diverse commercial customer base across multiple sectors.

As part of our continued growth, we are strengthening our finance function and are now recruiting an Accounts Payable Assistant to join our team at our Appleton Thorn office.

The Role

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will take ownership of core Accounts Payable and Purchase Ledger processes within a high-volume haulage environment.

This role requires accuracy, pace and commercial awareness. You will ensure supplier invoices are processed correctly and on time, payment runs are prepared efficiently, and supplier accounts are maintained accurately. You will also support wider finance objectives including working capital control and month-end reporting.

Experience using Sage 50 is highly advantageous.

Key Responsibilities

High-volume invoice processing within Sage 50 2-way and 3-way matching of purchase invoices to purchase orders and delivery documentation Accurate coding of invoices to nominal ledger and cost centres Supplier statement reconciliations and resolution of discrepancies Proactive query resoluti...