Accounts Payable - Crowley Cox : Job Details

Accounts Payable

Salary: £28,000 to £30,000

Woking, Surrey

Hybrid working (3 days in the office), 9:00am to 6:00pm

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Leading international company are recruiting an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the finance team on a permanent basis.

The company are inclusive, multi-cultural and social. You will enjoy many team building activities including winter ski holidays, summer & Christmas parties, and Friday night drinks! The head of finance is nurturing and supportive giving you the opportunity to develop your finance career. Many of the employees enjoy long careers due the fact that the company really cares for their employees.

Ideally you will have at least 2 years purchase ledger experience, have experience with 3-way matching (purchase order, receipt, invoice), and experience of working with more than one ledger, as well as experience with a high volume of work. Previous experience using Sage would be beneficial.

Working in amazing modern offices in Woking, Surrey with lovely social open plan facilities. Minutes’ walk from an amazing high street, close to local tubes, trains and bus routes. The high street features a variety of boutique shops, restaurants, bars and trendy cafes catering to all

This is exciting opportunity an immediate start (however they can accommodate a month’s notice period) role. The interview process is a two-stage process, initially a Teams meeting followed by a face-to-face interview in the office.

Responsibilities of the Accounts Payable Assistant:

• To post all supplier invoices and staff expense claims to the ledgers, ensuring they are matched to purchase orders and receipts.
• Produce 2 weekly payment runs ensuring all payments are made within the due dates and for the correct amounts. (a payment run for suppliers and a payment run for settlements).
• Complete supplier statement reconciliations and action any queries.
• Timely identification and resolution of queries with internal staff and external suppliers - involves working closely with venues and buyers.
• Create new supplier accounts ensuring all relevant information is verified and entered correctly onto the system.
• Answer telephone calls from suppliers.
• Post payments for manual payments timeously (payments made outside of the usual BACS process) and allocate them to the invoices.
• Share responsibility of managing the AP mailbox.
• Good time management skills.
• Ability to multitask, work well under pressure and use initiative.
• Attention to detail.
• Provide cover for colleagues’ holidays and sick leave.
• Fill in credit application forms before handing to the AP manager for signing.
• Knowledge of how to clear aging queries.

The job title accounts payable may also be known as purchase ledger assistant.