Senior Accounts Payable Clerk

Job Description

Senior Accounts Payable Clerk (1 year contract), £19,000 - £20,000, Bristol

This well known large employer is looking to hire a highly skilled accounts payable clerk, who can offer extensive knowledge and understanding of an Accounts Payable department. You ought to be 'hands-on', very proactive and competent in working at a very fast pace. You also ought to have excellent communication skills, and be competent in using Excel (pivots and look ups).

Duties include:

• Must be able to develop an excellent working speed to allow scanning, logging, authorisation and updating of all invoices.
• To provide training on all aspects of AP to internal stakeholders and team members
• Ensure all supplier accounts are allocated within 1 month in-line with audit requirements
• Reconcile all suppliers' statements on a monthly basis for allocated accounts and ensure missing invoices are requested and approved.
• Ensure original foreign invoices are filed for the bi-monthly payment run
• Ensure credit notes are received and processed for pricing errors
• Ensure all non-UK VAT is reclaimed with original invoices
• To provide support to AP Team Leader on invoices and reconciliations
• To provide cover for the Finance Manager and Team Leader on all aspects of AP including payment runs
• To work closely with other team members to reduce the Creditors balances
• Ensure the reduction on the aging of Creditors. Work closely with the Finance Manager to ensure all invoices are dealt with appropriately within 2 months.
• Build excellent stakeholder relationships with suppliers and internal customers through world-class customer service
• Ensure all approved / paid documents are scanned and available on Documation either through AP or Archive document search, within 1 month
• Must be able to develop a good understanding of team and department KPI's to improve overall performances
• To be pro-active in initiating process change to increase department performance and reduce time taken to approve invoices focusing on payment performance
• Must to be able to work closely within a team environment, providing support and encouragement to help develop the team. Including answering queries on all accounts and covering for sickness and holiday.
• Ensure Direct Debits are allocated within 1 month for responsible accounts and any negative balances are cleared by approved invoices or refunds.
• Ensure all queries are answered within 24 hours

If interested, please apply ASAP. Best of luck!

Benefits: Parking, £1000 bonus