Graduate Accounts Payable Assistant

Michael Page (UK); St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in St Albans is seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant to join their team. This permanent role involves managing purchase invoices, ensuring accurate payment allocations, and supporting the accounts payable function. The successful candidate will be an accounting graduate looking to advance their career with study support and excellent growth opportunities.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Excellent career progression

Study support package

Qualifications

• Driven candidate pursuing Accountancy qualification.
• Ability to handle high volume of invoices.
• Familiarity with supplier reconciliation processes.

Responsibilities

• Coding and inputting a high volume of purchase invoices.
• Reconciliation of purchase ledger and system accounts.
• Handling supplier queries and transactions.

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