Accounts Payable Assistant
- Recruiter
- Page Personnel Finance
- Location
- England, Surrey, Woking
- Salary
- £22000 - £25000 per annum + 25 days holiday, pension, healthcare
- Posted
- 08 Dec 2016
- Closes
- 15 Dec 2016
- Ref
- 13772537/001
- Contact
- James Quinn
- Job Title
- Accounts Payable
- Category
- Consumer products / FMCG
- Experience Levels
- Entry Level
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client a market leading international business based in Woking, Surrey are currently recruiting for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the team due to growth
Client Details
Our client a market leading international business based in Woking, Surrey are currently recruiting for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the team due to growth
Description
You will be responsible for the timely processing and payment of all supplier invoices and staff expenses within the UK Shared Services remit. This will include the processing of Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders and the receipting of non-stock goods and services, through to the matching of invoices, the timely payment to suppliers, and the accurate recording and reconciliation of creditor balances within the GL
Responsibilities
- Ensure efficient and effective, "right first time" processing of supplier invoices into the General Ledger.
- Ensure that all supplier balances on the accounting systems reconcile to supplier statements.
- Matching of invoices to Purchase Requisitions / Purchase Orders, and goods & services receipting.
- Ensure that invoices are properly authorized and coded.
- Responsible for resolving matching and payment issues as they arise.
- Control and management of Vendor Master Data. Ensuring that new vendors are properly authorized, dormant vendors removed, and Vendor changes are properly controlled and authorized.
- Compliance with agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Measurement of performance through metrics and key performance indicators (e.g. aging of supplier balances, invoice processing turnaround time, % invoices matched first time to Purchase Requisition / Purchase Order. Etc.)
- Ensuring that payment of invoices and expenses are in line with Accounts Payable policy, (e.g. not too early and not too late).
- Ensuring other company policies are adhered to (e.g. expenses policy, approval matrix, financial guidelines, etc.)
- Ensuring that local tax and statutory legislation are adhered to
- Working and liaising closely with the general ledger team, and other appropriate teams.
- Required to accurately record and control a large number of invoices and payments whilst working to tight deadlines
- Undertake training in the various ERP systems
Profile
- Strong experience in Accounts Payable, shared services experience preferable but not essential
- Experience with working in teams.
- Experience with processing invoices in ERP systems. SAP/JDE systems experience is preferred but not essential
- "Roll up your sleeves" and can-do attitude, energetic, forward-thinker with strong ability to multi-task.
- Strong customer service focus.
- Ability to think analytically, focus on the big picture, yet to be able to drill into the detail and understand the impact. Understand how the business works and the upstream and downstream activities that impact and are impacted by Accounts Payable.
Job Offer
Salary £22,000 - £25,000, Matched Pension 8%, Private Health care, 25 days holiday, potential study support package if relevant. Free parking on site