Accounts Payable Specialist ( 12 Month FTC)

Ideas | People | Trust We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We’ll broaden your horizons Working with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate – like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you’ll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you’ll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm. We’ll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. Working in a team of five, this role supports the settlement run and bank and statement reconciliation activities within the Finance Services team. In this role, you will process domestic and foreign settlement runs, reconcile payments to bank, review supplier invoices to ensure settlement runs are accurate and in line with terms agreed and ensure that the financial management system is updated for all payments made in an accurate and timely manner. You’ll also: Process weekly domestic and foreign settlement runs for suppliers, employees and partners. Support the P2P team with OCR invoice processing. Perform specific quality checks to avoid the risk of duplicate or incorrect payments being released. Process ad hoc/urgent payments through different online banking platforms within agreed timelines. Maintain central listing of direct debits and standing orders with supporting documentation, ensuring accurate recording on the system. Monitor suppliers debit balances report to track and recover any net supplier refunds due as required. Review and investigate supplier statements with items aged over 30 days and liaising with the P2P team as required. Liaise with the business to get the credit cards monthly statements recorded and uploaded into the system in timely manner ensuring clearance of associated direct debits. Deal with payments queries on daily basis to ensure all communications, both internal and external are delivered within the agreed SLA You’ll be someone with: Good in Outlook, Excel and Word. Previous experience in Accounts Payable, reconciliation environment and foreign payments (desirable). Demonstrable awareness and ability to learn HMRC requirements in respect of VAT and payments within UK banking system. Experience of working in professional services or a partnership desirable but not essential. You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We’re in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO. We’re looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better. #TJ-JB1 #LI-JB1