This role is offered on a fixed-term contract basis until March 2027.
Your Journey Starts with Us
For over 30 years, we’ve been crafting tailor-made travel experiences that reflect each client’s unique perspective of the world, helping them create truly unforgettable memories. Behind every exceptional trip is a team of passionate experts, and this is your opportunity to be part of it.
When you join Audley Travel, you become part of a supportive, collaborative community that’s invested in your success. We empower our people to thrive through meaningful development opportunities, a culture that celebrates individuality, and an environment where your ideas are heard, valued, and make a real impact.
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The Opportunity
As the Accounts Payable Assistant you will be working within our Finance department, you’ll be responsible for the timely and accurate reconciliation of Purchase Card and Airline statements. You will be involved with supporting the expenses function in administering the start to finish process around our pre-paid card solution, working and communicating with internal teams, including Sales and Ticketing to resolve issues. There will also be an opportunity to get involved with other parts of the finance function, supporting, and covering AP team with other work when required.
Key responsibilities include:
- Preparing, processing and reconciliation of Airline statements, monthly and bi-weekly and allocation to direct debit.
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Processing surprise and delight invoices weekly and liaising with client engagement team on any queries to ensure prompt payment.
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Maintain Holiday Extras creditors ledger, processing monthly statements and allocating to direct debit.
- Processing and reconciliation of department purchase card statements, liaising with sales team on any queries and settling transactions against direct debit.
- Maintain accurate creditors ledgers within the finance system, supporting the Accounts Payable Specialist in the approved monthly write off process.
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Creating new users, loading, and removing funds and assisting users with accounting for their Soldo card expenditure in Concur
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Reviewing T & E claims in Concur, assisting users where appropriate and approving claims.
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Supporting Accounts Payable Specialist with processing of invoices during busy travel seasons and annual leave cover.
We value our people’s wellbeing and understand the importance of flexibility. That’s why we offer hybrid working, with the opportunity to split your time between our Witney office in Oxfordshire and working remotely from anywhere in the UK. We ask that employees are office-based for a minimum of 3 days per week.
What You’ll Bring to the Team
You’re self-motivated with a real eye for detail and keen to develop and learn skills in Accounts Payable. You’re not fazed by working to tight deadlines in a busy environment and you are excited to work in the travel industry.
Experience required:
- Good understanding of Office 365 including MS Word, Excel, SharePoint and Outlook
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Self-motivated with an eye for detail
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Pro-active and able to use own initiative.
- Flexible team player and willing to take on additional tasks.
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Able to work to tight deadlines & within a busy environment.
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Desire to learn and develop skills.
- Previous experience of working within an accounts payable role would be advantageous, but not essential.
Why Audley Travel
Alongside competitive salaries and benefits that support your well-being, you’ll find a role that inspires you, challenges you, and connects you to something bigger. If you’re passionate about travel and seeking a career that excites, rewards, and grows with you, Audley Travel is where your journey begins.
There’s more:
- Holiday - 25 days rising to 30 days with length of service
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A day off for your birthday
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A day off for volunteering to support a charity, local support group or community work of your choice
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Access to Healthshield health cash plan - money back for costs associated with everyday healthcare (including optical, dental, medical, prescriptions, physio), and access to medical and wellbeing resources such as a GP service, employee assistance programme and counselling
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Enhanced family leave & pension scheme
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Life insurance
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Discounted Audley trips (for you and your friends & family) and exclusive access to staff travel discount websites
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Wellhub – a wellbeing platform that gives you unlimited, discounted access to top gyms, studios, and wellbeing apps
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Benefits Platform – a reward scheme that gives you discounts and cashback with hundreds of retailers
We welcome you to speak to our recruitment team at any point during your hiring process, if you have any specific questions before this please contact us on
[email protected].
We believe it’s our people that make the difference and who build Audley into the success it is today. We pride ourselves on enabling people to reach their full potential through promoting and celebrating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourage you to let us know if there's anything we can do to make your application process easier for you for any reason to help you shine!
Ready to turn your travel passion into a career? Apply now to start your journey at Audley Travel!
