Assistant Accounts Payable

Location – London, Hertfordshire

Salary – £19,000

Tenure – 6 MONTHS FIXED

Job purpose

• To support the existing accounts payable team in the data collection and input of supplier information via both electronic and manual systems;
• To free up the time of the company accountant to be more involved in management accounting and analysis of data;

Duties and responsibilities

• Inputting Invoices and Credit notes on SAP System
• Checking invoices against purchase orders
• Scanning invoices into the system
• Resolving purchase ledger queries with suppliers/departments
• Checking and inputting staff expenses
• Liaising with the business to ensure invoices have been approved
• Run and raise payment runs for GBP, EUR and Dollars accounts
• Supplier statement reconciliations,
• Opening and sorting of post
• Inter-company reconciliation
• The first point of contact for suppliers
• General office administration

Working conditions

• 5s standard
• Working within an office-based environment
• 38.00 hours per week
• May require some flexibility in days worked around month-end and year-end reporting requirements
• Involves liaising with employees in both an office and production-based environment

Physical requirements

• General office and administrative tasks

Direct reports

• No direct reports for this position

Education and qualifications

• GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of working in an accounts department
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications such as excel, outlook and word
• Knowledge of SAP – not essential
• Accounting assistant certificate
• Experience of working within a team
• Able to deal with suppliers
• Accounts payable training course

Personal Qualities

• Team player with proven ability to manage, lead and guidance
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages
• Excellent communications skills and able to work within a matrix environment
• Good organisational skills with strong planning and operational execution
• Excellent planning, problem-solving organization and administration skills
• Able to turn vision into strategy and execute
• Decision maker, analyzing for root causes rather than presenting the problem
• Self-motivated with a flexible approach
• Able to deliver profitable growth through excellent commercial skills and deliver sustainable change
• Engage others and develop their potential with confident decision-making skills.

Other Requirements

• Rights to work within the UK without any restrictions

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Experience:

• Accounts Payable: 1 year (Preferred)
• Payroll: 1 year (Preferred)