The opportunity
An established Bristol-based organisation is looking for an experienced Accounts Payable professional to provide additional capacity within its finance function.
It is an especially busy period for the business, with ongoing consolidation activity alongside month-end, statutory audit requirements and preparations for a major finance systems project. The successful candidate will provide hands‑on transactional support, helping the AP function maintain accurate processing and prevent backlogs from developing.
This would suit somebody who enjoys getting stuck into a busy purchase ledger environment and can quickly become a dependable member of the finance team.
Key responsibilities
- - Supporting the day-to-day running of the Accounts Payable / Purchase Ledger
- - Processing supplier invoices accurately and efficiently
- - Matching invoices against relevant purchasing documentation
- - Ensuring supplier transactions are correctly coded and recorded
- - Completing supplier statement reconciliations
- - Investigating invoice and supplier account discrepancies
- - Resolving outstanding queries with internal stakeholders and suppliers
- - Supporting payment run preparation and processing
- - Maintaining accurate and up‑to‑date supplier accounts
- - Supporting month‑end AP reconciliations and close activities
- - Assisting with audit information and transactional queries where required
- - Helping maintain processing levels during a particularly busy period for the wider finance team
The ideal candidate
- - Previous Accounts Payable / Purchase Ledger experience
- - Comfortable working with a reasonably high volume of transactions
- - Strong supplier reconciliation experience
- - Confident investigating and resolving discrepancies
- - Good attention to detail and accuracy
- - Comfortable joining a busy finance team and getting up to speed quickly
- - Previous experience using ERP/accounting systems
- - Strong Excel skills
- - Available at short notice for an interim assignment
Particularly useful experience
Previous NetSuite experience would be advantageous, particularly given the upcoming ERP work, but I would prioritise somebody who can immediately take ownership of the transactional workload.
Interim Purchase Ledger Assistant employer: Confidential
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