Payments Specialist

Summary

Job ref: 15596

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Location: Airport Road, Co Cork

Contract type: Permanent

Closing Date: 18 September 2024

Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.

Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 15 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.

We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.

We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.

Our people are the heart of our business. As our greatest asset, they make Musgrave a great place to work and in return we aim to be the very best place to work, grow and thrive. We are currently recruiting for a Payments Specialist to join our Musgrave Business Services team.

The Payments Specialist is responsible for the control and execution of payments, and providing business support within the Musgrave Business Services team. The main duties of this role include, but are not limited to:

Control and execution of system payments within Musgrave Business Services (MBS) in line with the monthly payments calendar
Reconcile Direct Debit accounts and schedule meetings with Suppliers and the relevant divisions to resolve any issues arising on these accounts.
Review the ageing on the AP ledger monthly and follow up any issues arising with suppliers and divisional colleagues.
Deal with Supplier Queries in relation to outstanding invoices and payments made to Suppliers.
Prepare Recs for Balance Sheet accounts.
Complete the Monthly UTP Compliance Report.
Manage the Budget Buy in payments from September to December.
Manage Supplier Requests for Early payment
Complete Audit Confirmation Requests from Suppliers
Support the identification and delivery of continuous improvement projects and initiatives to ensure processes are standardised and delivered in the most effective and efficient way
Provide cover as required across the MBS payments team and other MBS functions as required
Participate in Service Excellence and assist in delivering a high-performance culture
Participate in training and development in own process area and other process areas within Accounts Payable

The successful candidate will have:

3+ years industry experience in a Finance department with experience of operating with diverse stakeholder communities, particularly in an Accounts Payable area
Well organised to effectively prioritise and deliver high quality results
Excellent Excel skills
Experience of participating in a project team and completing project testing
Excellent communicator with strong evidence of delivery of high quality services
Positive and flexible “can-do, will do” attitude
Relevant 3rd level qualification or equivalent

Desirable

Relevant experience working in a business service centre with a track record of service delivery
Experience with Oracle

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer.
We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.

Musgrave operate a Work Smart hybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely. Occasional business travel to other locations will also be required.

The ideal candidate will have/be: