Accounts Payable Specialist

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks paid holiday

Hybrid working

Perkbox – Employee assistance

Care Friends referral

Long service rewards

Birthday rewards

Bank holidays

Management support

Job summary

Pilgrims’ Friend Society is seeking an Accounts Payable Specialist in London to ensure invoices are authorised and paid efficiently. Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will manage the purchase ledger and support month-end processes.

The role requires Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Excel, good communication, and the ability to plan and meet deadlines in a hybrid 35-hour week with supportive management.

Qualifications

• Experience in Purchase Ledger / Accounts Payable is desirable.
• Proficient in Excel with VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables.
• Strong time management and ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and well organised.

Responsibilities

• Ensure purchase ledger incoming mail and emails are dealt with daily.
• Authorise all purchase ledger invoices.
• Process transactions on the accounting system within SLA.
• Support month-end close, accruals and prepayments.
• Collaborate on the P2P process to resolve queries promptly.
• Make timely payments to suppliers.
• Review nominal ledger for completeness and answer queries.
• Process travel and expenses and corporate cards.
• Handle month-end close and reconciliations.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Excel (VLOOKUP & Pivot)

Communication

Time management

Organization

Tools

Excel

Job description

Location: Hybrid / 175 Tower Bridge Road, London SE1 2AL
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Accounting & Finance | Finance
AnnualFixed salary:£ 32270.00

Accounts Payable Specialist

We are looking for a committed individual who has experience processing accounts. Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Accounts Payable Specialist will ensure that all purchase invoices are authorised correctly and paid efficiently to the society and suppliers.

Each of our homes and schemes express God’s love through compassion and care that helps people live life to the full - fulfilled living.Our focus is providing a loving and caring environment for our “family members”(our residents) and maintaining the Christian ethos that is important to many of them.Everything we do in our Homes, Schemes, in the Head Office Team (Operations, Property, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing and IT services)and through our community activity, supports that.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure purchase ledger incoming mail and emails are dealt with on a daily basis;
• Responsible for authorising all purchase ledger invoices;
• Process on the accounting system for all transactions within agreed SLA’s;
• Support the month-end close process including and not limited to the accrual and prepayment process.
• Support and collaborate with the internal users of the purchase to pay (P2P) process to ensure queries are dealt with on a timely basis.
• Payment to suppliers on time;
• Reviewing transactions in the nominal ledger to ensure completeness and to answer queries.
• Processing of travel and expenses, including corporate credit cards.
• Responsible for the month-end close and nominal account reconciliations.
• In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, you are required to perform other duties assigned by your manager from time to time that are within your capabilities.

About you:

• You have excellent Microsoft Office Skills including Excel (VLookups & Pivot Tables);
• You are able to communicate effective;
• You are committed to meeting deadlines and able to plan and prioritise work;
• You have strong time management skills;
• You are well organised;
• A positive attitude towards Pilgrims’ Friend Society and its wider aims and objectives and are able tofully agree with our Doctrinal Basis.
• Some experience in a Purchase Ledger / Accounts Payable role is highly desirable

*Applicants must be evangelical Christians (This role has an Occupational Requirement to be filled by a Christian under the provisions of the Equality Act (2010).)

Hours:

Full-time contract, working 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

• Hybrid working (2 days in the office)
• 5 Weeks'paid holiday per year,as well as bank and public holidays
• Ongoing support from management
• Perkbox – including an Employee assistance programme
• Care Friends referral
• Long-standing service rewards
• Birthday rewards

What our staff say about us: …“It is a friendly and welcoming place to work” …

We are committed to having a diverse senior management team and we encourage applications from disabled and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic candidates, as these groups are underrepresented on our senior management team at present.