Interim Finance Officer – Purchases & Payments

Venn Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Venn Group in Central London is recruiting a Finance Officer on a 3-month interim contract to support the transactional finance function. You will focus on the purchase ledger and payments while assisting payroll and stakeholder liaison to keep financial operations running smoothly.

Working in a collaborative team, you will ensure accurate supplier coding, timely payments, and effective month-end processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Finance Officer or Purchase Ledger role.
• Sage200 experience is highly desirable.
• Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong organisational skills and workload management.
• Excellent communication and proactive stakeholder engagement.
• Team player with ability to build effective relationships.

Responsibilities

• Maintain purchase ledger and process supplier invoices with correct coding and approvals.
• Manage end-to-end payment processes and ensure timely supplier payments.
• Reconcile supplier accounts and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain and organise purchase ledger documentation per data retention policies.
• Manage direct debit schedules and support month-end accruals.
• Liaise with suppliers, employees and internal stakeholders to resolve queries.
• Support payroll processing where required.
• Manage the finance inbox and respond to queries promptly.

Skills

Attention to detail

Stakeholder engagement

Teamwork

Organisation

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

Sage200

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Venn Group in Central London is recruiting a Finance Officer on a 3-month interim contract to support the transactional finance function. You will focus on the purchase ledger and payments while assisting payroll and stakeholder liaison to keep financial operations running smoothly.

Working in a collaborative team, you will ensure accurate supplier coding, timely payments, and effective month-end processes.