Accounts Payable Assistant

The opportunity

Reporting to the Group Finance Manager this is a varied and exciting position, providing a good opportunity to gain a wider understanding of financial processes. The role of the Accounts Payable Assistant is to act as key contact for all Group suppliers and ensuring payments are made in a timely manner.

Key responsibilities

• Processing supplier invoices from purchase order creation stage through to payment.
• Verification and processing of expense claims for payment.
• Creation of supplier and employee expense payment runs.
• Payment of foreign currency invoices.
• Responding to supplier queries via email and telephone.
• Setting up new suppliers.
• Purchase order coding checks and item code checks within Microsoft D365.
• Purchase order preparation.
• Various administration and report production from Microsoft D365.
• Manage all credit card administration and uploading of statements
• Chasing stakeholders for PO approval and expense approval that is delayed.
• Complete other ad-hoc tasks as and when required.

Required skills and experience

• Previous Accounts Payable experience
• AAT Level 3 and above would be preferred
• Ideally worked within a high volume of transactions
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• A team player who will be working with the wider business and the rest of Finance
• A can-do attitude
• A high level of accuracy with good attention to detail
• Good/intermediate Excel skills
• Good communication skills
• Excellent telephone manner
• Able to seek out improvements and find solutions if problems are encountered
• Ability to work under pressure