Accounts Payable Assistant

Our client is seeking a dedicated and experienced Accounts Payable Assistant to join their dynamic finance team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to deliver and support transactional and operational tasks within the Accounts Payable team. The successful candidate will play a crucial part in managing supplier payments, statement reconciliation, query management, and customer service. This position is based in Manchester and offers full-time hours on a permanent contract.

* Full-time, permanent position - hybrid working

* Based in Manchester

* Opportunity to work within a dynamic finance team

What you'll do:

As an Accounts Payable Assistant, your role will be pivotal in supporting the Accounts Payable Manager with all transactional and operational tasks. You will be entrusted with individual and team responsibilities that cover all aspects within Accounts Payable including Supplier Payments, statement reconciliation, query management and customer service. Your attention to detail will be key in entering all supplier invoices into the finance system including multi-currency transactions. You will also be responsible for matching supplier invoices with purchase orders, completing supplier statement reconciliations, controlling data maintenance of assigned supplier accounts, ensuring readiness of these accounts for payment runs, resolving any discrepancies, providing clear communication to customers, reporting when required and creating new vendor accounts.

* Enter all supplier invoices including multi-currency, and correct tax and internal coding assignment

* Match supplier invoices and purchase orders

* Complete supplier statement reconciliations

* Control the data maintenance, housekeeping and processing standards of assigned supplier accounts

* Ensure readiness of assigned supplier accounts in preparation for payment runs

* Take ownership of any invoice, statement and account discrepancies through to resolution

* Provide precise, clear, regular and informative communication to internal and external customers

* Account and Creditor reporting when required

* Create new vendor accounts in the system

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for this Accounts Payable Assistant role brings a wealth of experience in AP roles along with excellent communication skills. Your proactive attitude coupled with your tenacious work ethic will enable you to excel in this role. Your high attention to detail will be utilised when dealing with billing POs and your organisational skills will allow you to effectively multi-task. Your ability to prioritise and manage workloads will ensure smooth operations within the department. A basic understanding of accounting principles is essential for this role.

* 2+ years AP experience

* Experience with billing POs

* Excellent communication skills

* Proactive and can-do attitude

* Tenacious work ethic

* High attention to detail

* Well organised, with the ability to multi-task

* Ability to prioritise and manage workloads

* Basic understanding of accounting principles

What sets this company apart:

Our client is a leading player in their industry with a reputation for excellence. They offer a supportive and inclusive work environment where every team member is valued. Their commitment to employee development and training opportunities ensures that their staff are always at the forefront of industry knowledge. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company that truly values its employees and offers a rewarding and progressive career path.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates