Accounts Payable
- Annual Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 (dependent on experience)
- Location: Dartford
- Job Type: Full-time
- Hours 8.00-5.00 Mon-Fri
- 10-month Contract (MAT leave)
This i s a great opportunity to work in a fast paced and vibrant office environment. This role demands someone with skilled Purchase ledger and MS Office experience and who's happy to cover all aspects of the Purchase ledger function. This role is 100% office based, working Monday to Friday and candidates must have use of a car due to location.
Day-to-day duties
- Checking, authorising and posting high volumes of invoices (GBP, Euro & USD) in a timely and accurate manner to meet weekly payment run scheduled deadlines. With our business being seasonal volumes between October and May can have up to 3500 invoices per month to deal with.
- Be required to set up payment runs every Friday and therefore have experience in using online banking payment systems.
- You must be proficient in the various MS Office suites. In particular MS Excel levels must be competent, as the use of spreadsheets is of paramount importance for finding information and the creation of certain supplier invoices from the variety of data sources sent in as backup data.
- Using our in-house bespoke accounting software for the weekly container upload creation from supplier packing lists.
- Dealing with high levels of queries, raising disputes with shipping & haulage companies and obtaining credit notes. Checking and reconciling shipping company statements on a regular basis.
- Share control of managing and distributing the Finance email mailbox regularly through the day and answering the company switchboard.
- As we run a paperless office ensure all invoices are filed, approved and moved around our authorisation process in a pdf format.
- Other ad-hoc duties as required.
Candidate Profile:
- Must have current, relevant Purchase ledger experience of an all-round nature as this is a key role within the finance dept.
- Must have excellent MS Excel, Outlook, Adobe and Teams knowledge.
- Someone who is able to apply a structured approach towards balancing multiple demands and priorities.
- A conscientious work attitude with particular bias to attention to detail is paramount.
- Thinks flexibly, accepts change and guidance when given and works well in a small team.
- Someone who is a good communicator as they will be working closely with senior commercial staff to get queries resolved and invoices approved.
- Must have own transport due to location.
What's on Offer:
- Competitive salary depending on experience.
- 24 days annual leave.
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme.
- Free parking
Please apply with current CV and availability