Accounts Payable Specialist

Cameron Kennedy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Cameron Kennedy in London is seeking a detail-oriented Accounts Payable Specialist on a 6-12 month contract. The role offers hybrid working with 3 days in the office, and pay of £250 per day, equating to about £60k per year for a typical 240-day year.

Reporting to the Senior Financial Accountant for EMEA & APAC, you will process vendor invoices, payments, cashbook, and month-end reconciliations, maintain SOX controls, and liaise with auditors and business lines to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

Qualifications

• Good grasp of technical accounting.
• Experience with month-end financial close processes.
• Numerate and methodical with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Process oriented with excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Experience with NetSuite accounting software preferred and intermediate MS Excel required.
• Excellent performance accountability orientation following through on commitments and deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Record all vendor invoices received and process payments accurately and timely.
• Perform cashbook processing and bank reconciliations.
• Day-to-day accounts payable invoice processing with understanding of expense accounts and codes.
• Process outgoing payments in accordance with financial policies and procedures.
• Reconcile accounts payable ledger and monthly vendor statements.
• Verify and investigate discrepancies in vendor accounts.
• Generate employee expense reports and process expense payments via CONCUR.
• Interact with lines of business regarding employee expenses and invoices.
• Prepare assigned Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Maintain SOX compliance procedures and coordinate with auditors.

Skills

Technical accounting

Month-end close

Numerate

Process oriented

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Tools

NetSuite

MS Excel

Job description

to £250 per day - 6 -12 month contract (circa £60k per year)

City – London (Hybrid working model – 3 days in the office)

THE COMPANY

They are a leading technology trading firm which provides a trading platform to investors and broker-dealer firms. They also provide data to clients to enable trading decisions, as well as connectivity solutions that enable straight-through processing; and execution services for fund managers and other clients. They also provide market and reference data to the global capital markets.

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS REQUIRED

• Good grasp of technical accounting
• Experience with month-end financial close processes
• Numerate and methodical with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• Process oriented with excellent organizational and analytical skills
• Experience with NetSuite accounting software preferred and intermediate MS Excel required
• Excellent performance accountability orientation following through on commitments and deadlines
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Senior Financial Accountant for EMEA & APAC, you will be responsible for r recording all vendor invoices received and processing associated payments in an accurate, efficient and timely manner as well cashbook processing and bank reconciliations.

• Day to day Accounts Payable invoice processing requiring understand of expense accounts, department codes and scrum codes.
• Processing outgoing payments in adherence with financial policies and procedures.
• Reconciling outgoing payments to bank statements and preparing back account reconciliations for month end close.
• Reconcile accounts payable ledger to ensure all invoices and payments accounted for and posted properly.
• Verify and investigate discrepancies, if any, by reconciling vendor accounts and monthly vendor statements.
• Generating employee expense reports and processing employee expense payments via CONCUR.
• Regular interaction with lines of business in respect of employee expenses and business related invoices.
• Preparation of assigned Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Maintenance of policies and procedures for SOX compliance and Interaction with internal and external auditors.

SPONSORSHIP IS NOT PROVIDED AND CANDIDATES MUST BE ABLE TO WORK LEGALLY IN THE UK WITHOUT RESORT TO SPONSORSHIP AT ANY TIME