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Accounts Payable Assistant

Employer
Page Personnel
Location
England, London, West End
Salary
£25000 - £33000 per annum
Closing date
Sep 19, 2019

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Job Role
Accounts Payable
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Exciting opportunity to work within an established and professional team, performing Accounts Payable duties providing efficient and effective financial support to the wider company and team.

Client Details

My client are a prestigious and world renowned legal firm based in the West End of Central London. They offer a supportive and established working environment that would benefit someone who is looking to develop and learn, or build on their Accounts Payable experience.

Description

The Accounts Payable Clerk will be responsible for:

  • To provide a high quality accounting service to the Firm; to be responsive to the changing needs and priorities of the department and to provide ad hoc support to departmental colleagues as and when required.
  • Accurately process supplier invoices, ensuring they are appropriately authorised, coded and posted on to the system.

  • Work closely with Travel Bureau to process data in a timely manner and ensure accurate booking information is received and reconciled.
  • Take full ownership of the purchase ledger, ensuring supplier statements are reconciled, invoices are paid to terms, suppliers are accurately set up on the system, and outstanding balances are chased and cleared.
  • Manage the Accounts Payable mailbox and deal with supplier queries, ensuring all queries are resolved efficiently and professionally.
  • Manage and take ownership of employee expense claims, ensuring appropriate authorisation, receipts provided, correct coding for all expense claim items, and following up on employee queries.
  • Work to agreed weekly time frames for payment of supplier invoices and employee expense claims.
  • Preparation of BACS file for weekly payment runs.
  • Support the Financial Accountants in month end reporting, posting journals and providing ad-hoc analysis as required.
  • Identify process improvements within accounts payable and expense claims, and work with key members of staff (e.g. heads of department, budget holders, secretaries etc) to ensure procedures are understood and complied with.

Profile

The successful Accounts Payable Assistant will:

- have a minimum of 1 years experience in an Accounts Payable position

- have strong academics

- have an Accounting and Finance degree (or related)

- have experience in a professional services (preferred not essential)

- intermediate excel skills

- have an ability to work within strict deadlines to a high level of accuracy and remain calm in a busy environment.

Job Offer

The successful Accounts Payable Assistant will receive:

- extremely competitive salary

- excellent progression prospects for the right candidate

- tailored study package designed for the candidate

Company

When it comes to recruiting and placing part qualified (PQ) accountants and transactional finance candidates, Page Personnel gets the job done. We have 200 specialist recruitment consultants who know the finance market inside out and can help you to find the right role or the right candidate for your specific requirements. As part of a network of 21 countries we’re also able to offer global insight and access to international candidates.

We maintain close links with institutions like CIMA and ACCA, so it’s a market we fully understand. Our expertise also extends to areas like credit control, accounts payable and payroll and graduate recruitment. 

 

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