Accounts Payable Clerk

Your new company
This is a great time to join this growing manufacturing company based in Chorley that has recently gone through some changes and is looking to expand their finance team due to an internal promotion. They are now actively seeking to hire an Accounts Payable Clerk to join the team and take control of the Accounts Payable function on a full-time permanent basis. In your new role you will be responsible for processing and paying invoices, completing 3-way matching of purchase orders & goods receipts, for both stock and expense purchases and maintaining good relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Your new role
As Accounts Payable Clerk, you will report to the AP Manager and work within an established team, managing a shared AP mailbox. Your roles and responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for processing a total of 800 invoices per week (between the team of 4)
• Seeking the approval and ensuring that the invoices are coded to the correct nominal code and cost centre.
• Maintaining and reviewing the payment requests spreadsheet accurately
• Identifying and resolving invoice queries
• Monthly monitoring of the outstanding parked / unallocated / open invoices on SAP
• Producing vendor statement reconciliations and resolving statement queries
• Liaising with vendors and internal departments to resolve issues.

You will be working between the hours of 8:30am-5:00pm Monday to Friday, based from their Chorley offices.

What you'll need to succeed To succeed, you will need good experience within transactional processes/accounts payable and have knowledge of SAP or ERP systems. You will have a flexible working attitude and be able to support the team during times of annual leave and busy peak seasons.
What you'll get in return
In return, you will have 23 days plus bank holidays, included in the company pension scheme, Medicash healthcare scheme, access to discounts & onsite free parking. The company also has a casual dress theme on a Friday!

What you need to do now
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