Accounts Payable Assistant (12 month FTC)

An opportunity has arisen within the UK Shared Service Centre for an Accounts Payable assistant to join the Finance & Accounting Operations Team on a fixed term basis. The Accounts Payable and Financial Control Team (AP & FCT), forms part of the UK Shared Service Centre function and is responsible for managing Accounts Payable, Inter-company, Banking and Rebilling processes.

Required skills and experience:

· Ability to take on new tasks quickly and work independently.

· Ability to adapt to a changing environment and work processes.

· Previous experience in an Accounts payable role is required.

· Experience of working with Purchase Orders, ideally as part of an ERP system would be beneficial.

· Experience of working in a shared service centre environment is an advantage.

· Good IT literacy skills, especially Excel.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting directly to the Head of AP & FCT, the role holder will understand core accounts payable functions, ideally with recent experience of working within a busy shared service centre environment.

Key activities:

· Supporting Corporate card users and processing claims.

· Support the operational business in resolving PO related queries.

· Manage the resolution of aged PO match exception queries and Invoices rejected for No PO, No Pay.

· Payment Approvals.

· Working directly with and providing support to the Senior members of the Accounts Payable Team.

· Required to liaise with others inside/outside the department in a proactive and reactive manner to provide or obtain information to keep people informed so that work is completed effectively.

· The job holder will also build relationships and contacts to facilitate future exchange of information.

WHAT WE OFFER

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