Accounts Payable Assistant

JOB TITLE: Accounts Payable Assistant

REPORTING TO: Financial Reporting Manager

DURATION: Permanent

Based in central London, my client is seeking an experienced Accounts Payables Assistant to support the finance team. You will be part of a dynamic, ambitious and friendly team and will provide support to the Financial Reporting Manager and the wider team.

You must have at least 5 years’ experience of working within a finance team, working within an Accounts Payables function.

Duties include the following:

• Matching and coding overhead, supplier invoices

• Maintaining the PO system and querying inaccuracies

• Obtaining authorisation for payment

• Processing payment runs via BACS

• Supplier statement reconciliations

• Bank reconciliations

• Processing expense claims

• Posting pre-payments and accruals

• Ad hoc financial duties

Person Specification:

• Must have a minimum 5 years prior Purchase Ledger experience

• Quick learner with a positive ‘can do’ attitude

• Good Excel skills with knowledge of using Shipnet preferable but not essential

• Immediately available or on 2 weeks notice

Rather than sending a covering letter, please write a quick paragraph stating 3 reasons why it is important to code invoices correctly.