Accounts Payable Clerk

Hays are pleased to be partnered exclusively with a large shared-service centre, operating in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, in their search for an Accounts Payable Clerk.

Strong payments/reconciliation experience required, as well as prior experience working within a large environment or shared service centre. Great opportunity to get involved with a reputable, city centre business and develop your existing exposure.

Day to day will involve:

• Managing & administering full end-to-end invoice processing, which is likely to involve invoice scanning, invoice matching to purchase orders & the chasing down of outstanding invoices/purchase orders
• Ensuring all incoming invoices, statements and collection letters are administered appropriately
• Administering employee expense claims in line with policy
• Administering employee p-card claims in line with policy
• All accounts payable mailboxes are pro-actively managed on a daily basis, ensuring that prompt & urgent requests are escalated in line with agreed SLA's
• Consistently identify areas of process improvement
• Reconcile vendor statements ensuring that any highlighted issues or discrepancies are pro-actively managed on a regular basis
• Following the debit balance process, actively chase down refunds with the vendors, to clear the aged creditor ledger
• Final demands and county court judgements are managed & cleared promptly
• Work with procurement as appropriate but particularly around master data management & PO compliance
• All payments are optimised and made in line with vendor payment terms, ensuring appropriate invoice approvals are place at all times
• Resolve payment queries in line with the agreed SLA
• Clear SLA's are developed and shared with all stakeholders, to acknowledge the role they play and the timeliness of responses required
• Ensure excellent customer service levels are maintained when communicating with both internal & external customers
• Maintain a strong control framework, in line with agreed SOX controls & best practice

Experience with Concur or Dynamics is desirable but not essential.

Salary is up to £24,000 + benefits. Interested? Follow the link below to apply!.

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