Accounts Payable Clerk

Robert Half Finance & Accounting are exclusively working with a Payments firm based in Central London to recruit an immediate, Accounts Payable Clerk for a 6 month temporary role.

Role:

Our client is looking to recruit an immediate, Accounts Payable Clerk for a 6 month temporary assignment.

In this role you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Processing and coding invoices and allocating them to the correct cost centres.
• Ensures budget owner approvals are received for all supplier invoices.
• Checking all incoming invoices against raised purchase orders and also raising purchase orders where necessary.
• Prepares on a timely basis the bi-weekly batch payment runs, monthly international payroll payments, wire transfers and EFT transactions.
• Process remittance information from EFT and wire transfers for invoices provided by suppliers, reviewing instructions accompanying items to determine proper disposition and crediting accounts in accordance with standard procedures.
• Reconciling AP transactions, including bank statements
• Ensuring supplier payments are made in line with agreed credit terms so that cash targets are achieved.
• Responsible for 13 week cash flow payment forecasting which incorporates posting supplier payments to the accounting system as processed.
• Prepares a month-end reconciliation of Group Accounts Payable accounts for all 8 entities (likely to increase) including continuous improvement on timing and accuracy of monthly closing calendar.
• Reconciles various accounts by identifying errors in posting or omissions by applying appropriate accounting standards.

Profile:

The successful temporary, Accounts Payable Clerk will be a proactive individual, have at least 3+ years experience working within a fast paced Accounts Payable environment and have strong excel and reconciliations exposure.

Client:

Our client is a Payments firm based in the City of London who are looking to recruit an immediate, temporary Accounts Payable Clerk for 6 months.

Salary & Benefits:

These temporary Accounts Payable roles will be paying circa £18 - £20 per hour + holiday pay. This is dependant on experience.

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