Accounts Payable, Associate

About the firm:

Alvarez & Marsal is a leading independent global professional services firm, specializing in providing turnaround management, performance improvement and corporate advisory services. With more than 10,000 professionals based in over 80 locations across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, our firm excels in problem solving and value creation. Drawing on a strong operational heritage and hands-on-approach, our professionals work closely with organizations and stakeholders to help tackle complex business issues and maximize value.

Role Background:

Joining the Finance Team located in London, and part of an established finance team in the European Head Office in Finsbury Circus, London, the Finance team supports offices across Europe and the Middle East as part of the shared service function.

The Accounts Payable team are responsible for supplier payment runs across our UK and European offices and the processing of staff expenses. Invoices and expenses are sent over daily and need to be checked, coded and then paid as part of the weekly cycle.

Reporting to the Accounts Payable Supervisor this key role is customer service focused and an important one stop service for our internal stakeholders, many of whom are very senior and high caliber individuals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coding, uploading and processing vendor invoices prior to them being sent out via workflow for approval.
• Collating and processing weekly vendor multi-currency payments
• Setting up New Vendors across all the Middle East, Europe and Eurasia offices.
• Reconciling Vendor Statements and Bank payment allocations.
• Respond to queries/requests for information from Internal Stakeholders and suppliers on a daily basis.
• Checking staff expenses via the Concur platform.
• Previous experience operating in an international multi-site business with exposure to FX transactions.
• Professional services industry experience is desirable.
• Assist with the provision of documents and information for country audits.
• Coding, uploading and processing vendor invoices prior to them being sent out via workflow for approval.

Skills and qualifications

• Excellent levels of accuracy with strong organisational skills.
• You will be a strong team player who can interact easily with your colleagues and have strong communication skills, and a good sense of humour.
• Deadline orientated and able to prioritise.
• Competency with Excel, Word and Microsoft Office.
• Positive work ethic in the workplace with motivation to learn new skills.

What can we offer you?

• Competitive salary
• Career development: A&M expects high performance and rewards individual contributions to the team’s success.
• The opportunity to work for a dynamic global organization and deal with the complexities of a Global business.