Accounts Payable Clerk

TipTopJob; England; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Clerk for a 12-month maternity contract in Kettering. The role involves managing supplier reconciliations, bank statements, and ensuring compliance with payment terms. Candidates should have at least 2 years of experience and strong skills in Microsoft Excel. Partial remote work is available after the introductory period, but local commuting to Kettering is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years experience in high-volume purchase ledger.
• Experience with OCR/electronic invoicing is ideal.
• Excellent attention to detail and numeracy.

Responsibilities

• Ensure supplier invoices are approved and queries are resolved timely.
• Perform bank/statement reconciliations and postings.
• Identify process improvements and areas of non-compliance.

Skills

Supplier reconciliations

Invoice matching

Bank management

Process compliance

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Location: Kettering

Summary of the Role

Our client based in Kettering is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable clerk to cover for a 12 month maternity leave contract, working full:time hours.

The successful candidate will be focused on supplier reconciliations, matching invoices, bank management and ensuring process / payment terms compliance.

Key Duties Include

Ensuring supplier invoices are approved, manage queries and resolve in a timely manner, identify issues and take corrective action,

Supplier payments to terms, update stakeholders and internal,

Bank / statement reconciliations, payments and postings (BACS, DD, Same Day Payment, etc),

End:to:end process review, identifying and implementing areas of improvement,

Identify areas of non:compliance for non:purchase orders, urgent payment requests and the invoice pool. Work to resolve with procurement dept,

Identify / deliver process review and efficiency improvements,

Support AP team leader with resolution of invoice queries and other relevant queries where escalation is required,

Audits relevant to AP and Bank.

The Right Person

Immediately available / able to start on short notice,

Min. two:years experience of working in high:volume purchase ledger,

OCR / electronic invoicing experience would be ideal,

Excellent numeracy, literacy and attention to detail,

Confident, outgoing and excellent communication skills,

Be focused and not easily distracted,

Experience of Microsoft Excel / Pivot Tables / V:Lookups would be a particular advantage.

Package

Appointment Type: 12 month maternity contract

Salary A GBP 25:A GBP 27K Negotiable (subject to experience)

Hours: 35hrs per week

Partial remote working available after introductory period... but you must be local / willing to commute to Kettering on a regular basis

If you : or someone you might know : are interested and think this opportunity may be suitable, APPLY ONLINE or call Paul Mitchell Associates on 254 .