At Lineage, helping to feed the world is more than a job. It's a purpose we live every day. Lineage is the world's largest and most innovative provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions, with more than 25,000 colleagues globally.

If you open your fridge or freezer, around 20% of the products you see have passed through a Lineage facility. We support customers who keep schools, restaurants, and retailers stocked with food products across the globe.

Working Hours

Monday - Friday, 37.5 hours per week

Flexible working hours with the ability to start between 7:00am and 10:00am and finish between 2:30pm and 6:00pm.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Accounts Payable professional to join our busy and established finance team. This role will play a key part in ensuring the smooth running of the Accounts Payable function, taking ownership of complex invoice processing, reconciliations, query resolution, and supporting continuous process improvements.

The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert within the team, helping to drive accuracy, efficiency, and best practice across Accounts Payable operations while building strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices and credit notes accurately and efficiently.
• Review and resolve complex Accounts Payable queries.
• Reconcile supplier statements and investigate discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate supplier accounts and ensure clean ledgers with minimal aged balances.
• Monitor and manage debit and credit balances.
• Support month-end processes and reporting requirements.
• Close purchase orders and review outstanding commitments.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, and efficiencies within the Accounts Payable function.
• Support audits and compliance requirements as required.
• Provide guidance and support to colleagues on Accounts Payable processes and best practices.
• Undertake other ad hoc duties as required.

Who We Are Looking For

• Significant experience within an Accounts Payable function, ideally within a large and complex organisation.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end Accounts Payable processes and controls.
• Experience handling high-volume invoice processing and supplier reconciliations.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Experience using Workday or similar ERP systems would be advantageous.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements is desirable.
• Fully fluent in English. Additional European languages, particularly Dutch, would be highly beneficial.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

What's in it for Me?

• 28 days holiday (including bank holidays), with the opportunity to earn additional holiday each year up to an extra week after 5 years' service.
• Purchase up to an additional week's holiday through our holiday purchase scheme.
• Free onsite parking.
• A social and supportive team environment with recognition programmes and shared spaces to enjoy breaks together.
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential counselling and advice.
• Preferential rates for loans and savings through our employee credit union partnership.
• Generous employee referral scheme rewards.

Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment or retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, colour, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex-Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.

Benefits

As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us. This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.

Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.