Accounts Payable Specialist (Interim)

Quantum
London, United Kingdom
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with multi-entity AP experience and a comfort with AI automation, comfortable with hybrid work and fast-paced environments in the digital marketing sector.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with multi-entity AP experience and a background in automating processes using AI tools
    — “Confident using AI tools (Claude or similar) day to day: drafting supplier emails, checking invoices”
  • Individuals who thrive in a collaborative, team-oriented finance environment
    — “You thrive when working as part of a team”
  • Candidates with a strong grasp of reconciliations and month-end deadlines in digital or affiliate marketing
    — “Reconciliations and month-end deadlines”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a hybrid work arrangement with 3 days in the London office
    — “Hybrid Working (3 days in office)”
  • The role demands handling multiple systems including Xero, Moss, and Lloyds card transactions
    — “Handle employee expenses and Moss, Amex and Lloyds card transactions”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with multi-entity AP and process automation using AI or scripting tools
    — “Comprehensive, hands-on multi-entity AP experience, covering the full cycle from invoice to payment run”
  • Demonstrate ability to write SOPs and document processes for audit readiness
    — “Support audit, write SOPs, and automate repetitive tasks”
  • Emphasize familiarity with Xero, VAT compliance, and multi-currency payments
    — “Xero, strong Excel, and VAT and multi-currency payments”
  • Demonstrate proactive issue identification and resolution skills
    — “Strong attention to detail, and raises issues early”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • payment accuracy
  • reliable month-end
  • undocumented processes
  • manual workload reduction
Typical background
accounts payable experiencebackground in finance

Skills & requirements

Required

Accounts PayableInvoice ProcessingBank ReconciliationsMonth-end CloseAI Tools

Preferred

AutomationSOP WritingMulti-entity AP Experience

About the role

Original posting from Quantum via Ashby

Our Company

At Quantum, we connect global brands with high-intent consumers. We turn intent into action and complexity into clarity.

Our Mission is clear, to help smarter, faster buying decisions. Our vision, to be the world’s most used digital comparison service, delivering value and simplicity to millions.

We drive growth through data-driven affiliate marketing built for performance from day one. Every campaign is measurable, optimised in real time, and designed to scale.

With in-house tech, full-stack analytics, and a compliance-first mindset, we give our partners an edge. We drive confident decisions and growth in regulated and high-growth sectors. We’ve helped ambitious brands grow faster, smarter, and globally.

The Role

Our Finance team is growing! We’re looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join our team in London.

In this role you will own AP and the AP-related month-end close across DA, TMS and WZD. Keep payments accurate, on time and approved, and use AI to cut manual work.

Key Responsibilities

  • Run the weekly supplier payment run: prepare the file, check for duplicates, verify bank details against Xero, and follow the approval timetable
  • Process and code invoices by entity, department and activity, check VAT, and get budget-holder approval
  • Maintain supplier records and handle supplier queries
  • Handle employee expenses and Moss, Amex and Lloyds card transactions
  • Do the AP side of month-end:
  • bank and Moss reconciliations
  • intercompany reconciliations
  • network and marketing cost reconciliations
  • capex and depreciation journals
  • the aged payables report and AP days
  • Support audit, write SOPs, and automate repetitive tasks

Problems they will solve

  • Payment accuracy: no duplicates or wrong bank details
  • Reliable month-end: tasks closed on time, not corrected afterwards
  • Undocumented processes: they will write the missing SOPs
  • Manual workload: AI and automation reduce repetitive work

About You

Essential

  • Comprehensive, hands-on multi-entity AP experience, covering the full cycle from invoice to payment run
  • Xero, strong Excel, and VAT and multi-currency payments
  • Reconciliations and month-end deadlines
  • Strong attention to detail, and raises issues early
  • Confident using AI tools (Claude or similar) day to day: drafting supplier emails, checking invoices, building spreadsheet formulas and documenting processes
  • Willing to spot repetitive tasks and automate them, for example with Google Sheets, Apps Script or Moss
  • You thrive when working as part of a team
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced environment
  • Last but not least, you’ll have no ego!

Desirable

  • Experience with Moss, Tableau, Lloyds online banking
  • Industry experience Digital, marketing or affiliate sector experience
  • Experience with an audit

What You’ll Get

  • Private Health Care (Vitality)
  • Hybrid Working (3 days in office)
  • Travel Insurance
  • Competitive Base Salary
  • Company Bonus Scheme
  • Paid for AI Subscription (Claude / ChatGPT / Gemini)
  • Market-Leading Training Programme
  • Recognition & Reward Scheme
  • Annual Company Conference
  • Regular Happy Hours & Team Lunches
  • Free Coffee, Drinks & Snacks

What’s the next step?

Our hiring process ensures we're recruiting the right people for the role. We ensure that people are as suitable for us as we are for them.

If you like the sound of what we're all about at Quantum and want to join a team where you can make an impact, please apply or contact us at careers@quantum.media.

Source: Quantum careers (Ashby)

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