Accounts Administrator - Leeds, United Kingdom - Investec

Investec

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

2 days ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're one of the UK's leading investment management companies, with responsibility for over £44 billion of client assets.

We've worked closely with clients and their trusted advisers for many years and gained a unique understanding of the specific needs of our clients.

Investec Wealth & Investment seeks to deliver exceptional levels of customer service and has been trusted to meet the needs of private investors for almost 200 years.

But our eyes are focused on your future.

Right now we're a team of over 1400 dedicated professionals located across 14 sites in the UK. We're looking to strengthen our team and need you to come on board and make a difference.

What does the team do?
The role is in the Invoicing team which is part of the Ledger team & is based in Leeds. The Invoicing Team is responsible for processing and paying supplier invoices and processing employee expenses.

The role will require significant interaction with the Leeds based Management Accounts team, the Central Finance team in Sheffield and with other employees across the IW&I business, as well as suppliers.

What are the key responsibilities?

Coding, processing and reviewing purchase ledger invoices.
Intensive bank verification for new suppliers or where suppliers have changed bank payment details.
Reviewing and reconciling purchase ledger accounts to supplier statements.
Preparing and processing weekly payment runs.
Processing employee expense claims.
Statement/Account query handling.
Purchase ledger reconciliation queries.
Adhoc administration duties.

What core skills and knowledge do we look for?

An experienced Purchase Ledger administrator.
Ability to meet deadlines and take ownership and responsibility for tasks.
Strong intellect and a pragmatic approach.
Good communication skills, both written and oral, and an ability to communicate credibly within a professional environment.
An eye for detail and the ability to consider, investigate and raise wider issues.
A desire to maintain a high quality of output at all times.
Smart, professional manner and appearance.
Positive attitude and approachable personality.
Strong IT skills, in particular Microsoft Office.
Ability to increase work rate when required.

Any other attributes that would be helpful, but not essential for the role.

Knowledge of SunSystems would be advantageous (but is not a necessity).

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion.

This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance.

At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

We want our people to feel empowered to be themselves in an environment that supports them, enabling them to perform in "out of the ordinary" ways.

Our culture places belonging and inclusion at its centre and our work environment is integral to this.

If you require any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process, as well as supportive and flexible working arrangements to help you succeed with us, please let our recruitment team know.