Accounts Payable Assistant

This is an Accounts Payable Assistant role based in the City of London working for a well-known FMCG industry business.

Client Details

The client is a leading FMCG business based in the City of London near Spitalfields.

Description

The successful Accounts Payable Assistant within this FMCG business in the City of London will be expected to:

• Accurately process high volumes of supplier invoices, including setting up new suppliers; the invoices will need to be authorised, coded and posted into Sage;
• Communicate with suppliers and address supplier queries;
• Deal with staff expense claims and business credit card bills;
• Coordinate BACS payment runs
• Undertake bank reconciliations and supplier statement reconciliations;
• Maintain petty cash;
• Provide support to wider finance;
• Using Excel (at an intermediate level, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPS) and Sage on a daily basis;
• Fulfil other duties on an ad hoc basis.

Profile

The successful Accounts Payable Assistant will ideally have:

• At least one year's experience as an Accounts Payable Assistant;
• A degree in Finance and Accounting or be studying towards AAT qualification;
• Good systems knowledge, including intermediate knowledge of Excel and experience of using Sage.

The ideal candidate will also be immediately available.

Job Offer

On offer for the successful Accounts Payable Assistant is:

• A competitive salary of up to £12-£16 an hour for the right candidate.