Graduate Accounts Payable Assistant

ACCA Careers; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company based in St Albans is seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant for a permanent full-time role. Key responsibilities include managing the purchase ledger, processing high volumes of invoices, and preparation of payment runs. The position offers hybrid working, excellent career progression, and study support for accountancy qualifications.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Excellent career progression

Study support package

Qualifications

• Driven Accounting and Finance graduate pursuing an Accountancy qualification.

Responsibilities

• Coding and inputting of a high volume of purchase invoices per week.
• Reconciliation of purchase ledger and system accounts.
• Handling supplier queries and cost centre reporting.

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