Accounts Payable Clerk

Role: Accounts Payable Clerk

Pay & Hours: GBP10.78 per hour full time

Location: Home-based initially then hybrid working

Duration: Initially 3 months but likely a 9-month contract

Durham University is one of the world's top universities with strengths across the Arts and Humanities, Business, Sciences and Social Sciences. We are home to some of the most talented scholars and researchers from around the world who are tackling global issues and making a difference to people's lives.

The University sits in a beautiful historic city where it shares ownership of a UNESCO World Heritage Site with Durham Cathedral, the greatest Romanesque building in Western Europe. A collegiate University, Durham recruits outstanding students from across the world and offers an unmatched wider student experience.

Durham University seeks to promote and maintain an inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our University community to reach their full potential. Diversity brings strength and we welcome applications from across the international, national and regional communities that we work with and serve.

An individual required to start immediately to provide accounts payable support to their finance department.

The Role:

• Match invoices to purchase order / stock systems
• Process nominal ledger coding of invoices
• Process high transaction volumes
• Complete supplier statement reconciliations
• Deal with invoice queries/payment queries from suppliers
• Ensure all invoice/expenses are authorised in line with limits
• Deal with ad hoc requests from colleagues

The Person:

• Previous Accounts Payable experience
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• High attention to detail, problem solving skills and a positive outlook
• You will be working in a team, so you'll need to be flexible, a strong team player, and able to work to tight deadlines and handle many different tasks during the working day
• Available immediately

If you feel you have the qualities we are seeking, please forward your CV and brief covering letter outlining your current circumstances to Durham University's contracted recruitment partner, GEM Partnership, or for more information call their Newcastle office.

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of GEM Partnership Ltd, who are operating as an Employment Business