Senior Accounts Payable

JAG Talent are partnered with a leading Media business to hire a Senior Accounts Payable person to cover a period of Maternity Leave for 9 months, leading a team of 1. This role is based in Central London and requires 4 days per week in the office.  Responsibilities: · Ensuring invoices received are correctly raised as per HMRC guidelines and are forwarded on to the relevant department for approval· Processing supplier invoices in a timely manner· Ensuring supplier invoices are work flowed on Xsuite to the PO raiser and processed only when the PO raiser confirmed the goods/services have been received.· Ensuring all non-PO invoices have necessary approvals and have supporting documents attached in SAP· Preparing a list of invoices proposed for payment, ensuring all invoices are posted and have all the correct supporting documents with them· Preparing payment run including BACS and same day transfers· Reviewing payment runs prepared by the accounts payable clerk· Performing supplier statement reconciliations to identify missing invoices, requesting copies and passing these to relevant staff for approval· Reviewing vendor master data to ensure its accurate and working with the vendor maintainers to get it corrected where required· Reviewing aged and debit balances on the purchase ledger and making proposals for clearing these· Maintaining invoices received spreadsheet for the Payment Practice and Performance Reporting (PPPR).· Working with the Management Accountants and Head of Group Reporting to ensure costs are accurately recorded · Update cash flow information for Head of Statutory Reporting and Audit The successful candidate will be available for an early April start date and will ideally have prior experience with SAP.