Accounts Payable Clerk

Location: Southport

Salary : £24,000 - £25,000

Consultants : Ben Harrison & Cassidy Pinder

Currently working with a fantastic Client based in Southport. Our client is one of the UK’s food distribution companies, supplying over 10,000 different products to over 40,000 customers across a number of sectors from Hospitality to Prisons to Hospitals.

Working hours are - Monday - Friday, between 8:30 - 5:30 (flexible start times)

What you can expect:

• Hybrid working (2 days at home)
• Modern offices
• Flexible start times
• On site car parking

Responsibilities:

This role will be as part of the Accounts Payable team, responsible for receiving invoices and processing and making payments for company expenditure. As part of the role, you will liaise with suppliers, depots and buyers to rectify any invoices that fall into query, insuring any discrepancies are resolved promptly and paid when due to ensure business function are not compromised. The successful candidate will:

• Action invoices and credits from suppliers that require manual intervention
• Action pre- approved 'manual’ invoices received and process them accordingly (including foreign invoices)
• Investigate and deal with invoicing queries such as price and quantity discrepancies
• Assist in the preparation of the scheduled payment runs to ensure only valid transactions are paid as per agreed payment terms
• Develop strong relationships with suppliers to assist with resolving supplier queries
• Liaise with key stakeholders withing the business and communicate issues/feedback to suppliers
• Reconcile supplier statements and follow up on required actions
• Support with ad hoc requests from management such as audit & UAT

Profile:

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a minimum of 2 years Accounts Payable experience
• Experience carrying out supplier reconciliations
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Has a good understanding of Purchase Order and the 3 way process
• Have a proactive approach
• Be a team player and able to work with others

If you are interested in the position, please send your CV over to us or contact the office for more information.