Adele Carr Recruitment Limited
Adele Carr Recruitment are currently recruiting for an Accounts Payable Officer to join a busy and well-established finance team.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Accounts Payable professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in delivering accurate and timely financial processing. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring supplier payments are managed efficiently while maintaining strong financial controls and building positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Accounts Payable
- Process high volumes of supplier invoices accurately and within agreed deadlines.
- Verify invoices against purchase orders and supporting documentation.
- Ensure invoices are correctly coded, authorised and compliant with company procedures.
- Review VAT treatment and ensure compliance with current legislation.
- Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies and matching exceptions.
- Monitor outstanding invoices and proactively chase approvals where required.
- Process both purchase order and non-purchase order invoices.
- Support supplier payment runs and ensure payments are made accurately and on time.
- Maintain supplier account records and update information as required.
- Reconcile supplier statements and resolve any outstanding issues.
- Respond to supplier queries in a professional and timely manner.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
Finance Support
- Raise sales invoices and allocate incoming receipts when required.
- Assist with cash allocation and account reconciliations.
- Support petty cash administration and reconciliations.
- Maintain accurate financial records and documentation.
- Assist with month-end finance processes.
- Provide support across the wider finance function during peak periods and annual leave cover.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Previous experience in an Accounts Payable, Purchase Ledger or Transactional Finance role.
- Strong knowledge of the end-to-end purchase ledger process.
- Experience processing high volumes of invoices accurately.
- Good understanding of VAT regulations.
If you are keen on this role please send a copy of your CV
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