Accounts Payable Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Fitch Group

Fitch Group

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Fitch Group, headquartered in New York and London, is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries.

Fitch Group is comprised of:

Fitch Ratings, a global leader in credit ratings and research;
Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of credit market data, analytical tools and risk services and BMI Research, a provider of country risk and industry analysis specializing in emerging and frontier markets; and
Fitch Learning, a provider of learning and development solutions for the global financial services industry.

Fitch Group is owned by the Hearst Corporation.

Fitch Group finance team operates under a matrix management structure with regional and functional heads

There are four regions:
US, Latin America, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

The role:

Fitch is seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the Accounts Payable team (currently seven staff) responsible for all aspects of the day to day Accounts Payable function of the UK operations (Ratings.

Solution, Learning), together with oversight and assisting the operations of the other EMEA group companies (Germany, France, Sweden, Poland, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia ) on the Group's SAP accounting system.

This role is hands on, with the expectation that all account payable tasks within the team will need to be covered.

Role Accountabilities:

Ensure entries for all vendor invoices are posted daily in the correct Fitch company and are allocated to the correct cost centres etc
Review and process employee expense reports (including company credit cards) in Concur ensuring efficient and accurate reimbursement of expenses and that they are properly authorised
Ensure correct processing of intercompany invoices
Requesting outstanding invoices from vendors
Identifying prepayments and processing these correctly
Vendor account reconciliation
Assist in creation of new vendor accounts including the verification of vendor bank details
Assist in raising multicurrency payments (priority, bacs and ach)
Assist with month end tasks
Ad hoc tasks as and when required

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

Previous experience as AP assistant in a busy Finance environment with subsidiaries overseas
Time management and workload efficiency skills
Persistence in finishing tasks in spite of hindrance
Experience in posting invoices in SAP R/3 (or similar) with and without purchase orders
Proven experience on Concur expense system would be highly advantageous
Good communication skills with all stakeholders at all levels of the business
European language skills would be beneficial

Required Characteristics:

Highly motivated to carry out daily tasks
Focused, accurate and great attention to detail
Happy working in fast paced and demanding environment
Ability to manage own workload and impact on company
Ability to work under pressure
Punctual

Key Contacts:

Internal:

Accounts Payable Staff
Accounts Payable Accountant/Manager
Management Accountants team
Relevant stakeholders in all regions

External:

Vendors

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions.

To protect Fitch's credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interests or any appearance of a conflict of interest.

Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts for you and your Family Members prior to commencing employment.

If you, or your Family Members, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, they must be sold before beginning work.

In certain roles, employees and their Family Members may be limited to investments in diversified mutual funds only.

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