Accounts Payable Specialist
Working Hours:
9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
Pay Rate:
£12.53 per hour
Job Description:
Our client is seeking a dedicated Accounts Payable Specialist to join their finance team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing the accounts payable process efficiently and ensuring compliance with financial procedures. This role offers an opportunity to work in a supportive and dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Invoice Processing: Post invoices and credit notes to the system.
- Purchase Order Management: Investigate open purchase orders, liaising with suppliers, finance colleagues, and the wider business to ensure prompt payment of invoices.
- Supplier Statement Reconciliation: Prepare monthly supplier statement reconciliations.
- Supplier Information Maintenance: Maintain accurate supplier information.
- Compliance: Ensure adherence to financial procedures.
- Transaction Input: Input transactions into the finance system and prepare weekly payment runs.
- Reconciliations: Undertake reconciliations and other year-end/month-end tasks as required.
- Staff Expense Processing: Process staff expense claims.
- Mailbox Management: Manage requests sent to the finance mailbox, triaging queries, resolving, redirecting, and escalating as appropriate to ensure prompt and accurate resolution.
- Cash Management: Prepare daily cash balances and investments to assist the Transactions Manager with cashflow forecasts.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation: Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for review and investigation and clearance of reconciling items.
- Financial Analysis: Conduct analysis of expenses and preparation of journals.
- Support: Provide efficient and effective support in the operation of financial controls, supporting the Finance Transactions Manager and Financial Accounting and Controls Manager.
Skills and Experience:
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to work through large volumes of data with a high level of accuracy.
- Highly numerate with advanced Excel skills.
- IT literate with a strong understanding of MS computer packages.
- Experience working in a finance department.
- Ability to handle confidential data responsibly.
- Proactive, flexible, and responsible with strong time management skills.
- Effective team player with the ability to use initiative while managing own workload.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize work.
- Basic understanding of VAT and taxation rules.
- Previous experience using Microsoft finance solutions.
- Willingness to undertake further training to enhance financial knowledge, skills, and qualifications.
Apply now to join a forward-thinking company and advance your career in finance!