Accounts Payable

Equifind have teamed up with one of our fantastic investment clients to recruit an accounts payable person to join their organisation on a permanent basis. We are looking for a proven accounts payable candidate who is diligent, has an eye for detail, and has experience in forging strong relationships. Have a look at the duties below to see if this opportunity is the one for you.

Key deliverables for this accounts payable position include:

• Manage the daily accounts payable & accounts receivable queries from vendors, building strong relationships with key suppliers and handling both external and internal queries.
• Ensure invoices are directed to the appropriate budget holders/approvers and invoices not approved are followed up in a timely manner to ensure payment term compliance.
• Work with other team members across the business to resolve issues preventing the processing and payment of invoices.
• Perform supplier statement reconciliation on a regular basis.
• Work to monthly deadlines and set procedures, supporting finance colleagues with month/year end reporting when requested and necessary.
• Proactively communicate issues and concerns around accounts payable to management team to ensure accurate and timely payment processing.
• Review and monitor supplier information, opening supplier accounts.
• Generate monthly statements upon request.
• Manage debt reports and reconcile debtor’s ledgers ensuring client queries are logged in a timely fashion.
• Provide support on month-end accruals, analysis and investigation.
• Complete other month end and year-end accounting duties as requested by senior management.
• Ad hoc projects as and when requested by senior management.

The Business

An international investment firm headquartered in London with operations across multiple countries. The business has a wide range of interests from technology to renewables to infrastructure and is diversifying all the time. Performance has been impressive over the years and the returns have been increasing year on year. You will join a growing medium sized finance team, where you will report directly into the AP manager on all the daily AP duties but also provide support to the wider team. The role is hybrid, and you will be expected to be in the office three days per week to help create a collaborative working environment.

Background and experience

• Strong accounts payable background with a minimum of 3 plus years’ experience working in a similar finance assistant role.
• Good understanding of accounting and the coding of expenses to the general ledger, reconciliation etc.
• Have a flexible and dynamic work style.
• Strong Netsuite and Excel experience is a big plus.
• High attention to detail.
• Strong stakeholder management.

Salary/rate

This role will be paying in the region of £36k-£42k per year, depending on your industry experience. This role is to interview over the next week with a view to starting in June.