Accounts Payable Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Role: Accounts Payable Assistant Location: Central Team, County Hall

Reporting to: Transactional Manager

Overview

Administrative support and maintenance of the purchase ledger. Dealing with supplier payments, queries, and statements.

Key responsibilities

· Ensuring swift transit of supplier invoices onto the purchase ledger, importing, matching to PO’s, obtaining appropriate authorisation, and posting to the purchase ledger.

· Ensuring purchase orders are raised and processed correctly by the various business partners.

· Reviewing Commission invoices, obtain POs and be a point of contact for Agents

· Assisting Transactional Manager with administrative management of the purchaser portal.

· Processing BACS payments and distribution of remittances.

· Supplier statements reconciliation.

· Developing/maintaining supplier relationships.

· Resolving supplier queries and liaising with internal business units.

· Creating and updating new suppliers accounts on the finance system.

Other responsibilities

· Develop and maintain good relationships with members of the venues and central teams

· Assist with the implementation and the data migration of the new ledger system

· Undertake requests for adhoc duties as required.

The successful candidate would ideally have:

· Relevant experience working in a similar Accounts Payable role

· System savvy and interested in new technical solutions

· Excellent attention to detail

· Strong verbal and written communication skills, including active listening and appropriate telephone manner

· Able to work to tight deadlines, organised with ability to multi-task

· Desire to develop and work as part of a team

· Computer literacy, including confidence using Microsoft Package especially Excel, accounts and purchasing software

· Flexible, can-do attitude and ability to work simultaneously across different systems

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person