Senior Accounts Payable Clerk

Senior Accounts Payable Clerk

Based in Tring, Hertfordshire, our client is an exciting and lucrative business who are looking for a Senior Accounts Payable Clerk to join their team on a permanent basis.

This job would suit someone with previous experience in processing a high volume of invoices on a daily basis, with excellent attention to details and communication skills, both verbal and written. The successful candidate will be responsible for the group purchase ledger and payment runs, one of the group's sites and the supervision of two assistants.

This company is a privately owned business with lots of plans to develop and grow further within their industry.

The successful individual will be experienced in high volume low value purchase ledger processing, along with the ability to use accounting software and Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, Outlook etc.) The candidate will need to be a professional written and verbal communicator with the ability to build trust, communicate effectively, collaborate with others, solve problems and demonstrate high integrity

Duties will include:

• Co-ordinate group payment runs and ensure payments are within agreed Cash-flow values
• Supervision of two Accounts Payable Clerks
• Receipting purchase invoices from suppliers
• Matching purchase invoices to Purchase Orders, ensuring that purchase order has been correctly approved
• Coding and data entry of purchase invoices onto purchase ledger
• Reconciliation of purchase ledger supplier accounts
• Resolution of any queries and disputes
• Preparation of purchase ledger payment runs
• Maintenance of supplier account information (contact details, bank details etc.)
• Month-end and year-end purchase ledger procedures, reconciliations and analysis
• Assist with analysis of CAPEX payments and outstanding sums on all locations
• Maintaining authority and sign-off integrity for all payments
• Completion of direct debit and credit application forms
• Maintain effective and positive relationships with suppliers, via all means of communications