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Accounts Payable Specialist
Full time
Permanent
Reigate / Hybrid
Up to 30,000 per annum DOE
I'm partnering with a growing business based in Reigate whose seeking a hands-on Accounts Payable Specialist to take ownership of a busy, high-volume Acounts Payable function. This is a role for someone who thrives on detail, accuracy, and accountability; managing everything from invoice processing and supplier payments through to reconciliations and reporting.
You'll join a supportive finance team where reliability and proactive teamwork are key. The role offers autonomy, variety, and the chance to get involved in process improvements and system changes, making it a great opportunity for someone who wants to build long-term expertise in AP.
Key Responsibilities
- Invoice Processing: Accurately post and code supplier invoices daily, ensuring approvals and query resolutions are handled quickly.
- Purchase Orders: Raise and manage purchase orders, resolving queries through to completion.
- Supplier Payments: Run weekly and monthly payment cycles, ensuring suppliers are paid on time.
- Banking & Reconciliation: Process outbound banking transactions and complete daily reconciliations.
- Reporting: Produce AP reports, aged creditor analysis and reconciliations for management; support annual audit.
- Compliance: Ensure invoices and payments comply with VAT, accounting standards, and company policy.
- Petty Cash & Post: Manage petty cash and oversee incoming/outgoing post.
- Process Improvement: Identify and implement ways to improve efficiency, accuracy, and automation.
- Team Support: Provide cover during holidays, assist with credit control when required, and manage finance queries by phone and email.
- Experience:
- Solid AP experience, ideally in a busy SME environment
- Comfortable working with manual processes as well as system-driven AP
- Understanding of coding, prepayments, accruals, and fixed assets
- Attributes:
- Proactive, reliable, and confident taking ownership of processes
- Positive and team-focused, with a "roll your sleeves up" attitude
- Comfortable managing 30-40 invoices per day across multiple entities
- Long-term interest in AP rather than fast-tracking into management accounting
- Hybrid working
- Study support after probation
- A supportive and collaborative finance team where you'll be trusted to get on with the job
- Opportunities to contribute to system changes and process improvements
If you enjoy the detail and responsibility of accounts payable, taking pride in accuracy, building trust with suppliers, and keeping processes running smoothly ,this role offers the stability, support, and variety to let you do just that.
Apply today to avoid missing out on this exciting permanent job opportunity!
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