Accounts Payable And Reconciliation Assistant

1st Choice Staff Recruitment; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an Accounts Payable and Reconciliation Assistant in Peterborough. This hybrid role involves managing supplier payments, maintaining financial reconciliations, and ensuring compliance with internal controls. Ideal candidates will have experience in finance administration, proficiency with SAP, and strong attention to detail. The position offers competitive pay and the chance to grow in a dynamic finance team.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an accounts payable, finance administration, or reconciliation role.
• Proficiency with SAP or similar financial systems.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage deadlines and work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage regular supplier and network partner payment runs, ensuring timely and accurate processing.
• Prepare supplier payment runs using SAP, maintaining compliance with internal controls.
• Liaise with Treasury to secure authorisation for payments.
• Maintain bank and control accounts, ensuring reconciliations are completed accurately.
• Reconcile Barclaycard control accounts and work with cardholders.
• Manage onboarding of new procurement cardholders, including training.
• Administer monthly data interfaces, ensuring accurate reconciliation in SAP.
• Process VAT reclaims for transactions.
• Conduct monthly audits of VAT invoices and expenditure.

Skills

Accounts payable experience

SAP proficiency

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Job description

Accounts Payable and Reconciliation Assistant

Location: Peterborough (Hybrid - 2-3 days per week in the office)

Contract: Temp to Perm, initially 12 weeks

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Pay Rate: £13.52 per hour

Our client is seeking an Accounts Payable and Reconciliation Assistant to join their finance team on a temporary basis. This hybrid role offers a great opportunity to work within a busy finance function, supporting essential payment and reconciliation processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage regular supplier and network partner payment runs, ensuring timely and accurate processing.
• Prepare supplier payment runs using SAP and Bottomline, maintaining full compliance with internal controls.
• Liaise with Treasury to secure authorisation and confirm availability of funds for payments.
• Maintain bank and control accounts, ensuring reconciliations are completed accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Reconcile Barclaycard control accounts and work with cardholders to clear outstanding items.
• Manage the onboarding of new procurement cardholders and approvers, including training and system setup.
• Maintain accurate procurement cardholder data and provide ongoing support to users and approvers.
• Administer monthly data interfaces, ensuring accurate reconciliation in SAP and timely reporting to the business.
• Process VAT reclaims for late-coded or post-month-end transactions.
• Conduct monthly audits of VAT invoices and procurement card expenditure to identify non-compliance or misuse.

About You

• Previous experience in an accounts payable, finance administration, or reconciliation role.
• Proficiency with SAP or similar financial systems.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage deadlines and work effectively both independently and as part of a team.