Accounts Payable Assistant

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).
• 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

Profile

• Strong experience in Accounts Payable, shared services experience preferable but not essential
• Experience with working in teams.

• Experience with processing invoices in ERP/accounts 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.
• Strong communication skills

Job Offer

Salary £23,000 - £25,000, Matched Pension 8%, Private Health care, 25 days holiday, potential study support package if relevant. Free parking on site. Due to location better if candidate is a driver