Accounts Payable Assistant

Steris Applied Sterilization Technologies Derby, UK Posted Aug 25, 2026
Location
Derby, UK
Workplace
On-site / per employer
Posted
Aug 25, 2026

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

About you

Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you motivated by impactful work? Do you have a passion for reconciliations, investigations and data extraction? If so, then a career with STERIS in our Finance team could be a great fit for you.

About Us

At STERIS we are a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. Our mission is to help our customers create a healthier and safer world. Working at STERIS, you GROW, LEARN and MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

We are currently recruiting for an Accounts Payable Assistant vacancy. This is an excellent opportunity to join us at a skilled level in a division that drives the business forwards.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

  • Maintain good relationships with suppliers.
  • Understand the process for purchases requiring a purchase order and Non-PO.
  • Achieve KPI performance measures where applicable.
  • Extract data required for SOX and Audit and liaise with internal and external auditors where necessary.
  • GRNI Maintenance.
  • Prepayment allocation and maintenance.
  • Maintain a log of all items over 60 days with reasons for non-payment.
  • Input invoices onto the financial accounting system, Oracle.
  • Maintain correct coding of invoices working with sites and accountants.
  • Understand the blanket PO process.
  • Ensure invoice queries are dealt with promptly. This includes sending queries to site Administrators as required.
  • Reconcile supplier statements to supplier ledger accounts on Oracle.
  • Audit expense claims in line with Group Policy and VAT principles. Validate supporting documentation.
  • Process the expense claims from STERIS Associates within region.
  • Undertake all actions to enable the set up of any new suppliers and or action requested supplier changes to be processed within a set SLA.
  • Undertake all requested master data analysis to create “clean and efficient” master data files.

Duties - cont'd

  • Continually strive to improve the Accounts Payable processes through analysis of data within the Supplier Master data as well as wider Accounts Payable data.
  • Analyse the reasons for payments not coming into the payment run and resolve these where possible, including requesting missing bank account information.
  • Supplier account reconciliation on allocated accounts.
  • Convert the purchase requisition to a valid purchase.
  • Look for ways of streamlining suppliers by categories which enables an efficient purchasing process.
  • Review and investigate where appropriate GRNI for supplier accounts.
  • Look for ways of improving the processes within the department.
  • Work efficiently with others within the team daily.
  • Work collaboratively with the wider finance team.

Required Experience

Preferred Experience

Skills

  • Continually strive to improve the Accounts Payable processes through analysis of data within the Supplier Master data as well as wider Accounts Payable data.
  • Analyse the reasons for payments not coming into the payment run and resolve these where possible, including requesting missing bank account information.
  • Supplier account reconciliation on allocated accounts.
  • Convert the purchase requisition to a valid purchase.
  • Look for ways of streamlining suppliers by categories which enables an efficient purchasing process.
  • Review and investigate where appropriate GRNI for supplier accounts.
  • Look for ways of improving the processes within the department.
  • Work efficiently with others within the team daily.
  • Work collaboratively with the wider finance team.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare and life sciences products and services around the globe. For more information, visit www.steris.com.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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