Accounts Payable Assistant

Trial Balance Consulting Ltd.; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Trial Balance Consulting Ltd. is seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant for a Carbis Bay area role. The position involves taking responsibility for the AP function, supplier account creation, and supporting payments and VAT reporting within a small, experienced team.

Full-time, permanent role based at the company's HQ with on-site parking. Training will be provided; AAT or experience-based qualifications are considered.

Qualifications

• 6–12 months experience in a fast-paced AP function.
• Able to work well in a small team.
• Experience with supplier queries and payments.
• Sage-based system training provided.

Responsibilities

• Own the accounts payable function.
• Create new supplier accounts and set payment terms.
• Provide first-line supplier query support.
• Process supplier payments.
• Assist in monthly management accounts preparation.
• Maintain daily updates to digital accounting systems.
• Perform VAT reports.
• Cover colleagues during annual leave.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Education

AAT qualification

Tools

Sage

Job description

Accounts Payable Assistant - Carbis Bay - £25-27,000

Trial Balance Consulting have been re-engaged by a long standing client, a highly successful and instantly recognisable retail focussed business located near Carbis Bay. The company has tasked us with sourcing a new colleague to join their small but experienced team as an Accounts Payable Clerk. The role is offered as a full time, permanent contract to be based at the business headquarters - a particularly beautiful location which benefits from free on-site parking - notoriously difficult in the area!

Reporting to the Finance Manager and working within a small, friendly accounting function, this will be broader than usual purchase ledger role that will benefit a candidate looking increase their scope of skills and responsibilities. Core focus of the role to include:

• - Assume key responsibility for the accounts payable function
• - Creating new supplier accounts adhering to payment terms etc.
• - Act as first line of support for supplier queries
• - Process supplier payments
• - Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts
• - Daily updates to the company’s digital accounting systems
• - Statement reconciliations
• - Matching unbalanced invoices
• - Prepare VAT reports
• - Ad-hoc accounting duties including covering colleagues annual leave

For this role we’re seeking an experienced, organised, and accurate AP Assistant with at least 6-12 months of recently gained experience in a fast-paced function where a good aptitude for working as part of a team essential. The company primarily uses a Sage based system where full training will be provided, but the successful candidate should possess the ability to learn new platforms quickly. This employer is happy to consider candidates that are either qualified by experience or part/fully AAT qualified.