Accounts Payable Assistant

  • Great Yarmouth
  • Reed Accountancy

Reed accountancy are pleased to be working with well known firm in Great Yarmouth to recruit a temporary ongoing Accounts Payable Clerk

Monday to Friday 7.30am - 4pm

£12ph

Duties and Responsibilities :

  • Perform and supervise all aspects of purchase ledger and expenses ledger processing, to ensure that purchase invoices and staff expense claims across three different entities are processed and paid on a timely and accurate basis.
  • Review invoices to ensure they are appropriately authorised and coded.
  • Monitor correct authorisation and coding of expense claims.
  • Working knowledge of VAT regulations to ensure accurate input VAT recovery.
  • Prepare and review BACS runs and cheque payments.
  • Bank reconciliations and posting cash book journals.
  • Ensure supplier statements are reconciled regularly.
  • Provide analysis on the profile of the purchase ledger.
  • Ensure the integrity of purchase ledger system.
  • Monitor the ledger for debit balances and duplicate payments.
  • Ensure supplier set up procedures are followed.
  • Prepare nominal ledger journals accruals and prepayments etc.
  • Ensure all internal controls are adhered to.
  • Undertake ad-hoc financial projects as the need arises

Relevant Experience :

  • Qualifications and experience: AAT qualified or qualified by experience in a similar role.
  • Previous experience in supervising staff.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
  • Good teamwork skills.
  • Ability to work on own initiative where required.
  • Good organizational and communication skills.