Senior Accounts Payable Clerk

The ideal candidate will be responsible for processing all invoices received for payment in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner.

Client Details

This client are very well established in their industry sector.

Description

• Process invoices received for payment and undertake the payment of all creditors in an accurate, efficient and timely manner.

• Checking, authorising and posting high volumes of invoices (GBP, Euro & USD) in a timely and accurate manner to meet weekly payment run scheduled deadlines. With our business being seasonal volumes between October and May can have up to 3500 invoices per month to deal with.

• Be required to set up payment runs every Friday and therefore have experience in using online banking payment systems.
• You must be proficient in the various MS Office suites. In particular MS Excel levels must be competent, as the use of spreadsheets is of paramount importance for finding information and the creation of certain supplier invoices from the variety of data sources sent in as backup data.
• Using in-house bespoke accounting software for the weekly container upload creation from supplier packing lists.
• Dealing with high levels of queries, raising disputes with shipping & haulage companies and obtaining credit notes. Checking and reconciling shipping company statements on a regular basis.
• Share control of managing and distributing the Finance email mailbox regularly through the day and answering the company switchboard.
• As we run a paperless office ensure all invoices are filed, approved and moved around our authorisation process in a pdf format.
• Other ad-hoc duties as required.

Profile

A successful Senior Accounts Payable Clerk should have:

• Relevant Purchase ledger experience of an all-round nature as this is a key role within the finance department

• Must have excellent MS Excel, Outlook, Adobe and Teams knowledge.
• Someone who is able to apply a structured approach towards balancing multiple demands and priorities.
• A conscientious work attitude with particular bias to attention to detail is paramount.
• Thinks flexibly, accepts change and guidance when given and works well in a small team.
• Someone who is a good communicator as they will be working closely with senior commercial staff to get queries resolved and invoices approved.
• Must have own transport due to location.

Job Offer

A Competitive Salary and benefits package