Accounts Payable Clerk - Tate Hertfordshire : Job Details

Accounts Payable Clerk

Hybrid - 1 day a week in Runcorn office (WA7 4QX)

Permanent

£24,000 per annum

Tate are recruiting for an Accounts Payable Clerk for a large Care organisation, you will play a vital role in ensuring the accurate and timely processing, payment, and allocation of invoices. You will provide exceptional service to both internal and external stakeholders while maintaining strong financial controls.

Supporting the Accounts Payable Manager, you will assist in supplier master data updates and ledger cleansing, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the finance function. Your attention to detail and commitment to accuracy will help maintain compliance with financial policies and procedures, ensuring a smooth and well-managed accounts payable process.

The suitable candidate will have at least 1 years experience in a similar role and has Purchase Ledger experience. The role itself will be 50% transactional & 50% query based and will primarily use V-Lookup, basic pivot tables and statement reconciliation. The business use ProActis & Business Central systems. This role also requires the holder to be an advanced user of Microsoft Excel.

Key responsibilities:

• Process all purchase invoices within sufficient time to enable payment in line with agreed supplier payment terms.
• Resolve any price or quantity variances, missing goods receipts and any other exceptions arising on purchase order invoices, working closely with the purchase requisitioners within the business units.
• Perform monthly statement reconciliations for key suppliers, projects, and ad-hoc tasks.
• Manage and prioritise a busy accounts payable mailbox which will include invoices and queries to resolve.
• Identify issues by liaising with key stakeholders, build relations and manage queries.
• Manage Direct Debit accounts closely and proactively chase invoices from suppliers to clear down debits within a month of DD being collected. Ensure VAT invoices for all payments made via direct debit are obtained and processed onto the ledger to allow payments to be cleared.
• Work with suppliers to manage payments in accordance with agreed payment terms.
• Work closely with the business to ensure purchase orders are closed once all goods and invoices have been received.
• Maintain historical records by attaching invoices and associated documentation in ERP.

Please apply today if you have the suitable skills and experience.

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

Tate is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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