Senior Accounts Payable Clerk

Are you a detail focused individual with a proactive mindset and a passion for finance? Good!!

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Accounts Payable Clerk to join a dynamic and fast paced team based just outside of Warwick! This role is a hybrid position, in the office 2-3 days per week and offering great flexibility on the hours for other life commitments. However we are needing someone with a bit of "get up and go" to them, and someone who is eager to come in a kick some… well you know! This role will have the successful person getting involved in a range of tasks including but not limited to; invoice processing and matching, expense processing and payment run support such as posting payments and allocating to invoices. The right person for this role will have previous experience within finance but also a deeper understanding of how accounts works, particularly around debits and credits.

This is a temporary to permanent role looking to start in the new year so ideally we are wanting someone who is immediate or on a short term notice who is open to a temporary role, but also wanting someone who is looking for their next career move so ideally someone wanting some longevity out of an exciting environment! If this all sounds like you then keep reading!

Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing three separate inboxes for three separate core tasks; invoicing, expenses and payment runs.
• Ensuring that the inbox is stayed on top of and ensuring that tasks are processed quickly.
• The invoicing inbox will have invoices come in that need matching to nominal codes and processing.
• Invoices on occasion will have queries that will need resolving, so actioning this as well.
• Invoices ideally will be straightforward, however this role will include having an eye for detail to ensure any issues or concerns are identified and resolved as efficiently as possible.
• The expenses inbox will include a range of expense claims, the responsibility here is to understand what can be claimed and what can't be and processing what you can.
• Expenses will come in with missing documents, so liaising with employees to support them with expense claims.
• The payment runs inbox will include requests for journal postings and allocations to prevent any accidental duplicate payments.
• These tasks are all challenging and exciting in their own way and ideally this role needs someone to be eager to juggle a few tasks at once - exciting!
• Other ad-hoc support to the team and the Financial Controller.

Candidate Attributes and Skills:

• Previous experience with accounts payable, particularly around high volume invoice processing.
• A strong knowledge and understanding of how finance works, particularly around debits and credits so someone with qualifications in finance (AAT or a degree) would be preferable.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word, with the ability to use advanced Excel functions (e.g., pivot tables, formulas).
• Someone who is proactive and self-motivated, this role works as part of a team but is quite autonomous, which will give the right person the freedom to make this role their own, but also requires them to have the drive to succeed in this environment.
• Someone with great organisation, time management and prioritisation skills.

• Confident communicator with a knack for building stakeholder relationships.
• Adaptable, calm under pressure, and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours.
• Hybrid working structure with 2-3 days in the office per week.
• Supportive and collaborative team environment.
• Chance to give this role a go yourself with the temp structure before the permanent conversion.

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