Accounts Payable Assistant - Suffolk, United Kingdom - Proactive Technical Recruitment

Proactive Technical Recruitment

Verified Company

Suffolk, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Position:
Accounts Payable Assistant

Date Rate:
£17.00ph - £20.00ph

Location:
Bury St Edmunds

Hours: 32 hours per week, Mondays to Thursdays - 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Proactive are currently recruiting for an experienced Accounts Assistant to work within our Finance Team, on a temporary assignment for a period of 2-3 months.

Experience of working in Accounts Payable [AP] and Accounts Receivables [AR] is a requirement.

We are looking for a detailed-oriented individual who can support our AP function, to ensure timely payments of supplier invoices, expense vouchers, and resolve internal invoice queries.

In addition to this there may be support required to follow-up on some AR items.

Key Tasks will include:

Processing backlog of invoices
Support required to address resultant queries relating to invoices that cannot be processed first time round
Run AP for our German operation
Support AP function for our UK operation
Depending upon capacity, provide ad hoc support to AR function

Essential Tasks and Duties:

AP for Germany and support UK function
Matching and verification of invoices against receivers and purchase orders
Perform AP payment runs as appropriate: o Weekly BACS payment run
Monthly foreign payment run
Manual payments as required
Maintain vendor files
Proactively work with Purchasing and other functions to ensure logged vouchers are cleared in a timely manner
Reconciliation of suppliers' statements
Management of outstanding GRNI and AP balances
Collate Inter-Company charges and reconcile Inter-Company statements
AR for UK and Germany
Ad hoc followup to customers o Overdue invoice collection
Notification of customer balances close to due dates
Processing of daily invoices (Germany)

Additional Responsibilities & Duties:

Provide cover for Cash Posting and Bank Reconciliation
Provide support to UK Finance Team as required
Follow all Company Safety Policies and Procedures
Respond to change productively and handle other duties as required

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Knowledge & Skills:

Administrative Accounting, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
Demonstrated effective communication skills; written oral and interpersonal
Demonstrated selfmotivation and selfdiscipline traits
Demonstrated ability to multitask, handling frequent interruptions and shifting priorities
Exercise practical confidentiality in discussions regarding Company's financial data

Education Minimum Requirements/Equivalent:

Good level of secondary education.
Additional college accounting/business courses desirable

Experience:

Minimum of three years prior employment in Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Role in a Manufacturing/Engineering environment
Understanding of accounting principles
Monthend close, account reconciliation, general ledger, and financial statements

Working Conditions:

Office based, but within a factory site. Each employee has their own desk equipped with a workstation and additional hardware as deemed necessary

How to Apply:

Why work with Proactive?
Proactive Technical Recruitment is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Technical Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.