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Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for an Accounts Payable Assistant to be engaged on a Contract basis in Warrington.
Purpose
The Accounts Payable Clerk is responsible for ensuring that invoices are processed in a timely manner, in an effective and efficient manner. They are also responsible for resolving internal and external supplier queries, reconciliation of supplier statements and assisting the Accounts Payable Manager during the month-end period.
Key Responsibilities
- Input of supplier invoices
- Supplier statement reconciliation
- Answering internal and external queries
- Assisting in the preparation of the weekly supplier BACS payment run
- Monitoring shared Accounts Payable inbox
Skills Knowledge
Essential Skills
- 3-5 years experience in Accounts Payable within a medium or large industrial organisation.
- Good knowledge and understanding of Accounts Payable
- Proficient in data entry and management
- Sage 1000 experience preferable
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good communication skills
- Good IT skills
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Good organising and prioritising skills
- Ability to meet deadlines
Desirable Skills
- Ability to act on own initiative
- Ability to work as an active 'Team Member', within a small group
Special Features
- Over the coming year, We will be migrating systems from SAGE 1000 to Oracle; ahead of this implementation Accounts Payable are required to cleanse the data held in the ledger and resolve legacy issues to ensure that clean data is loaded into the new system.
- The Client has overgone significant changes since it was acquired by M Group Services and Finance in particular has been tasked with improving internal controls.This role is integral in supporting the Accounts Payable Manager in implementing change and additional layers of control.
Qualifications
- Good basic education.
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