Accounts Payable Assistant

Accounts Payable Assistant

�25,000

12 Month Fixed Term Contract, Full Time

Greater Manchester

Accounts Payable Assistant required to join a public sector organisation on a full time fixed term basis. My client is looking for an ambitious and highly motivated individual who is an experienced Accounts Payable Assistant to support the team.

As the Accounts Payable Assistant you will carry out financial and administrative duties to support Accounts Payable, alongside the various duties below;

Key responsibilities of the Accounts Payable Assistant:

• Carry out the full range of administrative and financial activity required to ensure effective processing of invoices and timely payments to contractors and suppliers, utilising relevant purchasing and invoice systems and effective payment scheduling, resolving issues and queries in line with agreed policies and procedure
• Provide clear, supportive, and accurate advice to suppliers and colleagues on Accounts Payable policies and procedures and coaching on IT system navigation, to ensure an understanding of the service and process to follow for prompt payment of invoices
• Provide analysis when requested using excel ensuring source data has been checked and is accurate before submitting to internal stakeholders.
• Ensuring invoices are processed and paid within the agreed SLA.
• Using internal templates to prepare any journals for corrections.
• Liaising with vendor management team when information is missing/inaccurate to enable us to process for payment.
• Maintain and review system records to ensure accurate data is held and purchase order and invoice issues are investigated and resolved in line with agreed procedures and service level agreements, escalating as appropriate
• Reconcile supplier statements with internal system records, identifying and resolving discrepancies where possible or escalating as appropriate
• Complete and log reconciliations using established excel templates.
• Support accurate reporting on completed reconciliations.

Required skills and experience of the Accounts Payable Assistant:

• Experience of processing and payment of invoices.
• Experience of processing supplier invoices within an accounts payable department
• High level of IT skills including financial systems and MS Excel
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• High level of organisational skills
• High level of analytical skills

If you believe you have the necessary skills and experience for the Accounts Payable Assistant role, please apply now, or Hayley Cox at Sellick Partnership.

We will be reviewing CVs on a daily basis and shortlisted candidates will be contacted in due course.

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