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Accounts Payable Assistantup to £32,000Hybrid workingSouth West London / Wandsworth
I am currently recruiting for an experienced Accounts Payable Assistant to join a Global Fashion Brand and their expanding transactional finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is wanting to be more challenged and gain exposure in a larger organisation. Please email your CV to
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsibility for key ledger accounts (processing invoices, setting up payments and statement reconciliation)
- Completing the weekly payment proposal for submission and approval
- Processing and allocating direct debits transactions within the ledger
- Maintaining and reviewing Aged Creditor balances including allocation of payments, investigation of outstanding items
- Supporting the AP Supervisor in producing monthly Aged Creditor reconciliation
- Investigating and resolving any queries from suppliers and internal departments
- Ensuring new supplier forms are filled out correctly and authorised
- Daily managing of Accounts Payable inbox
- Reconciling of Other Debtors and Other Creditors accounts
- Processing Prepayments
- Ensuring invoices are coded appropriately according to type of spend and accounting treatment
- Processing employee cash expenses and reconciling company credit card accounts
- Raising adhoc non-supplier related payments such as payroll and tax payments
Candidate Specification:
- Experience in a busy finance department and ideally with some AP experience.
- Experience of multisite operations preferable
- Studying towards or an intention to study towards a professional accounting qualification would be great but not essential
- Intermediate Excel skills
- Knowledge of SUN accounting system beneficial but not essential
- Self-starter, ability to multitask and use own initiative to take full ownership of the role
- Ability to work well with other members of the Finance Team, including Senior Management
- Attention to detail and ability to deliver under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Strong analytical and communication skills
