Graduate Accounts Payable Assistant

www.topfinancialjobs.co.uk - Jobboard; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in St Albans is looking for a dedicated Accounts Payable Assistant. The role is pivotal in managing purchase ledger operations, ensuring accurate invoice processing, and reconciling financial transactions. This permanent, full-time position offers hybrid working, excellent career progression, and study support for accounting qualifications.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Excellent career progression

Study support package

Qualifications

• Driven Accounting and Finance graduate.
• Willing to pursue an Accountancy qualification.

Responsibilities

• Coding and inputting a high volume of purchase invoices weekly.
• Reconciliation of purchase ledger and handling supplier queries.
• Preparing payment runs and monitoring daily cash balances.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Time Management

Communication

Education

Accounting and Finance Degree

Job description

The role is a permanent full time position covering all aspects of the purchase ledger, posting of associated ledger transactions as required, daily cash balance monitoring and other duties as required.

Client Details

My client is a market leading business based in St Albans

Description

Thee Accounts Payable Assistant will be responsible for:

• Coding and inputting of a high volume of purchase invoices per week
• Ensuring payments are accurately allocated and remittances sent out
• Preparing monthly and weekly payment runs for authorisation
• Reconciliation of purchase ledger and system accounts
• Downloading of bank statements
• Input into the bank reconciliation process and reconciliation of AP accounts in the general ledger
• Handling supplier queries
• Reconciliation of supplier statements to ledger
• Posting of transactions into the general ledger where manual payments are made
• Credit card transaction postings and reporting
• Staff expense processing
• Liaising with and obtaining appropriate payment authorisations from the business
• Ad hoc project work as required
• Cost centre reporting
• Daily monitoring and management of AP inbox
• Maintenance of supplier records
• Procedure documentation

Profile

The successful candidate will need to be a driven Accounting and Finance graduate with the view to pursue an Accountancy qualification.

Job Offer

The successful candidate will be offered:

• Hybrid working
• Excellent career progression
• Study support package