Accounts Payable Assistant

Students' Union UCL; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant for a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves managing expenditure and payments, supporting non-finance staff, and requires strong communication and IT skills. The position offers hybrid working and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Defined Benefit Pension Scheme

Generous Holiday Entitlement

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in an Accounts Payable role.
• Strong understanding of financial ledgers and control accounts.
• Ability to manage deadlines in a high-volume environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the smooth running of transactional processing of all expenditure.
• Key point of contact for purchase order and invoice queries.
• Work independently and prioritize tasks.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Excel

Job description

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Students’ Union UCL is an organisation that exists to make more happen. We are the representative body for University College London’s (UCL) students, one of the most diverse student communities in the world. UCL students have the potential to do anything, and the Union plays an essential role in helping them to achieve things they may have never thought possible. As a charity we employ over 130 career staff and over 250 part-time student staff, and deliver a wide range of services and representative functions for students. We work in partnership with UCL towards a fantastic experience for all of our 48,000 students and to ensure that university life enables them to develop the skills, experience and confidence to become the leaders of the future.

Our vision is of an outstanding experience for all UCL students and to be one of the best students’ unions in the UK and the world.

It's an exciting time to join our growing organisation as we lead the delivery of UCL’s groundbreaking Student Life Strategy. This is enabling us to build more programmes to improve students’ mental and physical wellbeing, promote genuine equity for all, build students’ skills and confidence, develop their international connections and intercultural skills, and make a real contribution to our local community.

We support hybrid working. Excellent benefits including defined benefit pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement. We are proud of high levels of staff engagement and pride ourselves on being a great place to work.

We are looking for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join our vibrant and friendly finance team. You will be responsible for supporting the smooth running of the transactional processing of all expenditure and payments, making sure that the correct authorisations have been provided. This role will be the key point of contact for non-finance staff across departments with regards to purchase order and invoice queries.

The role is a full time and fixed term contract for 12 months. This role is based at our Bloomsbury campus with flexibility to work from home on a 40/60 basis (Minimum 40% working from the office).

Do you have relevant experience in an Accounts Payable role with a strong understanding of financial ledgers and control accounts? Have you dealt with processing high volume of invoices and using an automated Purchase Order system? if the answer is yes, then we would like you to join our finance team.

Our ideal candidate will have an ability to work independently, manage deadlines, and prioritise tasks in a high-volume environment. They will need to have strong interpersonal and communication skills as well as strong IT skills, especially Excel and Microsoft Office. The role holder will need to have the ability to demonstrate a positive attitude to self-development, willingness to learn in role and be able to identify own training needs.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Finance, Accounting/Auditing, and Administrative

• Industries

  Higher Education, Education, and Non-profit Organizations

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