Accounts Payable Clerk - 6 Month FTC
About us
We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.
Great journeys start with Trainline 🚄
Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 135 million monthly visits and £6.3 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, eco-friendly and affordable as it should be.
Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh and Madrid. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey.
Introducing Finance at Trainline👋
We’re looking for an Accounts Payable Clerk to join our Financial Control team. You’ll be part of a team of four, reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager, and play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of our Accounts Payable function across eight ledgers covering our UK and international businesses.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, is detail-oriented, and is keen to contribute to continuous improvement within finance processes.
In this role as a Accounts Payable Clerk at Trainline, you will...🚅
Processing supplier invoices accurately and efficiently, ensuring correct matching to purchase orders and receipts
Managing supplier setups and maintaining accurate supplier data
Processing employee expense claims in line with our Travel & Expenses policy
Administering company credit card expenditure
Running weekly multi-currency payment runs for suppliers and employees
Managing queries via the Accounts Payable inbox, working closely with internal teams and external suppliers
Performing supplier statement reconciliations
Investigating and resolving aged creditor balances
Supporting the Treasury team with payment-related queries and maintaining the AP cashbook
Assisting with month-end close activities
Supporting non-finance colleagues with purchasing processes and purchase orders
Maintaining the purchase ledger to a high standard
Identifying and contributing to process improvements within the team
Supporting with ad hoc finance tasks as needed
We'd love to hear from you if you have...🔍
Experience in an Accounts Payable role
Experience working with international AP ledgers
Understanding of UK and international VAT
Experience with supplier reconciliations and clearing aged balances
Familiarity with ERP or finance systems
Strong attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
Solid understanding of basic accounting principles
Confident using Microsoft Excel
A proactive problem-solver who can investigate and resolve discrepancies
Clear and effective communicator, both written and verbal
Well-organised, with strong time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines
A collaborative team player
A continuous improvement mindset and willingness to learn
More information:
Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits.
We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one!
We're operate a hybrid model to work and ask that Trainliners work from the office a minimum of 60% of their time over a 12-week period. We also have a 28-day Work from Abroad policy.
Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe everyday, in everything we do:
💭 Think Big - We're building the future of rail
✔️ Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey
🤝 Travel Together - We're one team
♻️ Do Good - We make a positive impact
We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.
Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor!