A great opportunity for an Accounts Payable Finance Assistant to work for a visionary and award-winning company who put their people at the heart of the business and believe this is what contributes to success and continued growth. Bright, modern office walking distance of the town centre with free parking.
The key function is managing the full purchase ledger (Accounts Payable) function from cradle to grave therefore the successful candidate must thrive in a task driven environment but must also be adept at multi-tasking and adapting to the change of pace in terms of delivering key activities on deadline.
Finance Assistant Benefits:
- Volunteering
- Matched Pension Contributions.
- Travel Insurance.
- Private Healthcare
- General Staff Socials twice a year.
- Birthday Off
- 25 Days Holiday
- Bonus Scheme (1/4ly)
Finance Assistant Responsibilities
- Managing supplier list circa 300 suppliers.
- Processing high volumes of simple and complex supplier invoices onto systems (Sage & Project Tool)
- Dealing with invoice and PO queries which requires liaison with internal stakeholders.
- Preparation of weekly payment runs for authorisation.
- Updating project budgets.
- Cashbook reconciliations.
- Managing expenses, credit cards etc in a timely fashion.
- Preparation of creditor reports.
- Supporting with month end processes.
- Filing, updating systems and supporting finance team with ad-hoc tasks as required.
Finance Assistant Skills & Attributes
- Minimum of 2 years accounts payable (purchase ledger experience).
- Proven ability to process high volumes of invoices accurately and efficiently.
- Experience of preparing payment runs.
- Competent user of MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Experience of Sage or similar financial software and integrated CRM's.
- Confident in ability to resolve invoice issues with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Multi-currency experience desirable but not essential.
- Experience of working in an SME environment desirable.
- Must be adept at working in a dynamic, fast paced business environment.
- You will be great at managing all elements of accounts payable (purchase ledger) but also derive satisfaction from being interested and involved in the wider business.
Thank you for your application however due to the high volume of candidates applying, if you have not heard back from us within 5 days please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.