Temporary Accounts Payable / Receivable Clerk

**YOU MUST BE RESIDING IN THE UK CURRENTLY, HAVE UK BASED EXPERIENCE AND NOT REQUIRE A SPONSORSHIP TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE OTHERWISE DO NOT APPLY AS YOUR APPLICATION WON’T BE PROCESSED**You must meet all the ‘essential criteria’ also for your application to be considered. Company details and job overview:Kenton Black Finance have partnered with an organisation who have been operating for over 25 years. This award winning business has grown organically and is built on a reputation of the highest quality. They are now recruiting for a temporary Accounts Payable Clerk or Accounts Receivable Clerk on a full-time basis for circa 4 to 5 months. You will work 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.Your new role as the temporary Accounts Payable / Receivable Clerk:• Checking and verifying supplier invoices against a Group wide Purchase Order system • Post supplier invoices onto the accounting software • Identifying and resolving discrepancies prior to payments to suppliers• Assisting in the raising of monthly payment runs• Managing the Group’s Purchase Order System including (but not limited to) rolling out the system to new sites, training up new users, ensuring compliance across the Group and reporting any issues to Board level• Completing supplier statement reconciliations to ensure all invoices have been received.• Assisting in the implementation of Group wide supplier contracts and accounts• Providing support in other ad hoc Purchase Ledger, and also wider Finance, tasks as required• Efficiently raising all invoices within agreed timescales and identifying ways to improve the process• Contacting Local authorities to resolve any issues with invoices to ensure timely payment• Cash posting • Ensuring customer accounts are reconciled • Be an active participant in the annual audit in respect of any Accounts Receivable related samples• Effectively produce and develop management information (MI) that will enable the business to analyse debtors and collections • Updating and maintenance all the Group’s billing schedules and ensuring any changes are reconciled to the underlying financial ledgers• Assist the Commercial department in setting up new local authorities as well as maintaining and developing master data in relation to payment terms and contacts for both existing and new authorities• Providing support in other ad hoc Accounts Receivable duties, and also wider Finance, tasks as required.• Ability to adapt to department changes as we continue with our implementation of a new finance systemKenton Black Finance operate across the UK as a market leading recruitment partner, specialising in the attraction of finance talent across both permanent and interim requirements. With a team of dedicated experts, each with longevity operating in the finance arena, we maintain a proven track record and have established partnerships with businesses both large, small and those in their infancy. Market leaders, we provide recruitment solutions from entry level finance to directorship professionals. Operating from local offices in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, London, Aberdeen and Glasgow, Kenton Black Finance remain a dynamic and effective recruitment partner who represent and attract only the finest finance talent in the local area and across the UK.