Accounts Payable Finance Assistant

Accounts Payable Finance Assistant

The Accounts Payable Finance Assistant is responsible for ensuring that all invoices are processed accurately and in a timely manner. Demonstrating the ability to support stakeholder, deal with queries effectively to ensure payments to suppliers are within due dates.

As an Accounts Payable Finance Assistant, you will need to have/be:

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of VAT requirements.
• Experience is shared service centre and able to communicate effectively keeping to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision to get the daily queries completed on time and with accuracy.
• Familiar with the end to end P2P process, and familiarity with financial IT/ERP systems and related processes.
• Oracle fusion or similar finance system
• Knowledge of purchase ledger process and supplier management.
• Knowledge of accountancy principles related to payments and liabilities.

Details:

• Rate: 200.00 per day (inside IR35)
• Working Hours: Full time Monday - Friday
• Location: Hybrid, Birmingham (2 days per week)
• Duration: Until end of June 2025

Role of Accounts Payable Finance Assistant:

• Identify invoices processed and paid are in compliance with the purchase to pay policy.
• Co-ordinate and with all areas of the business to ensure queries are resolved, liaising with external suppliers and stakeholders as necessary, participate in regular meeting to stakeholders are made aware if invoices cannot be processed and paid.
• All invoices to be recorded by obtaining regular statements from suppliers and fully reconciled.
• Invoices and VAT to be entered accurately across supplier accounts as assigned and managed effectively.
• Close monitoring of unmatched receipts and unmatched invoice levels, with follow up action to ensure invoices are cleared for payment in a timely manner.
• Process all invoices which have failed to process through the workflow due to lack of PO, Receipt, approval, liaising with stake holders and suppliers to resolve.
• Taking ownership of a portfolio of suppliers, to ensure all invoices, statement, queries and payments are made within a timely manner.
• Land Access schedules are uploaded daily.
• Respond to all queries within the 48-hour SLA.
• Critical suppliers are paid in line with cash forecast
• Resolve all invoices on hold.
• Resolve all invoices and supplier issues which are removed from payment run.