Accounts Payable Assistant

INTRO

Fantastic opportunity for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the Finance dept of an International FMCG Manufacturing company at their Midlands site in Leicestershire.

As an Accounts Payable Assistant you will be responsible for:

• Maintaining support all areas of key finance functions.
• Inventory control and business KPI variance analysis.
• Ensuring compliance and integrity of financial data.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Part Qualified AAT / Newly Qualified AAT/QBE
• Finance experience – ideally in Manufacturing or FMCG
• IT Literate with good level of excel skills, Outlook & Word
• High attention to detail
• Experience of working to tight reporting deadlines
• Knowledge of SOX / internal controls- extremely beneficial but not essential
• Excellent communication skills essential, ability to give clear written and verbal instructions, clearly understand and explain technical and commercial issues to customers and have a good understanding of procedures and processes.
• Able to effectively prioritise and adapt to a varied and changeable workload

THE ROLE

Support the Financial Controller with the following:

• Accurate data entry
• Print supplier invoices & statements
• Check invoice calculations for VAT
• Log invoices prior to approval
• Match invoices to supporting POD
• GL Coding, 3 way match & posting of invoices to ledger
• Obtain appropriate approval for non PO invoices
• Complete credit application forms and verify new supplier details
• All associated filing
• Reconcile supplier statements
• Process payment runs
• Resolve supplier queries
• Administrative support to other finance functions
• Process travel expenses