Accounts Payable Assistant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - T2M Resourcing Ltd

T2M Resourcing Ltd

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Accounts Payable Assistant.

Ø Location:
Birmingham

Ø Hybrid working

3 days per week in the office, 2 days work from home

Ø Salary £25,000 to £30,000 & Benefits Package

T2M Resourcing are recruiting for an
Accounts Payable Assistant for a successful major player in the professional services sector.

As Accounts Payable Assistant you will report to the Head of Finance and assist in the smooth running of the finance department.

This is a great opportunity to join at an exciting period of change and thus presenting a challenging and rewarding environment to take your career to the next level.

As Accounts Payable Assistant key responsibilities will include

Purchase ledger duties including checking and matching purchase orders, delivery dockets and invoices, obtaining bank details from suppliers, reconciling supplier statements and dealing with any purchase ledger queries from suppliers and staff.
Sales ledger administration.
Management of the supplier payment request submitted to HQ to access funding for the payment run. Doing a cross check to the budgets to identify if the spend is budgeted.
Allocating settlement payments in a timely manner in relation to court cases, and investigating queries
Management of payment / invoice queries and requests from both internal and external parties.
Compiling and obtaining approval for supplier payment runs and prepare and submitting supplier remittances as required.
Support the monthly closure of the purchase ledger.
Perform monthly purchase ledger reconciliation to be included in the balance sheet file.
Assist in the preparation of management information reports.
Input finance information into the works management and accounting software.
Undertake credit control activity making prompt contact with subcontractors and suppliers effectively resolving errors and issues, escalating problems to the Accounts Supervisor as appropriate.

To be successful as Accounts Payable Assistant you will have the following skills and experience:

Previous experience of Purchase Ledger, handling high volumes of invoices with the ability to process accurately
Ideally hold or working towards an accounting qualification e.g., AAT
Good organisational skills, able to manage a busy, varied workload and meet tight deadlines.
Confident telephone manner
Good IT skills including using accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
Flexibility and willingness to learn, take on new tasks and adapt to the needs of the department / business.

Driven by results

Decisive, confident addressing problems and opportunities, challenging activities to improve performance, demonstrate willingness to challenge accepted methods and standards

Effective communication