Accounts Payable Assistant Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Accounts Payable Assistant to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain the supplier database;
- Payment of supplier, Chaps and urgent transfer payments via HSBCnet;
- Processing payments weekly in accordance with supplier’s payment terms across multiple countries;
- Supplier invoice processing (multi-currency);
- Deal with any invoice queries from suppliers;
- Resolve payment supplier queries within the agreed time frames;
- Processing counsel fees;
- Liaise with Finance Team on setting and achieving Group cash flow targets;
- Post and allocate all multi currency bank postings across all entities;
- Regularly review Aged Creditors reports;
- Produce weekly cash analysis for the GBP & Euro Bank accounts;
- Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, statements, etc;
- Compliance with ICS, Audit and Finance Month End timetables;
- Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis;
- Undertake the month end closing procedure for the purchase ledger.
Requirements:
- Advanced Excel skills – an Excel test is incorporated into the recruitment process;
- Solve challenging problems;
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy;
- Professional, friendly and confident;
- Excellent interpersonal Skills;
- Ability to prioritise and organise work;
- Good understanding of VAT recovery processes;
- Extremely organised and efficient;
- Experience using Oracle or similar ERP package;
- Reconciliation experience;
- MUST have experience within an Accounts Payable role;
- Experience of working in a high-volume environment;
- Providing daily support to the Head of Function and building an exceptional relationship with vendors;
- Team working/working with others;
- Strong Accounts Payable experience/background.