Accounts Payable Assistant

The Accounts Payable Assistant will play a key role in supporting our team during this important period helping us with invoice processing, working through any blocked, parked or unresolved items. You will work in a team of 3 alongside the Accounts Payable Manager and another Accounts Payable Assistant driving the business forward.

• Ensuring invoices received for payment are logged, approved and checked for accuracy and compliancy.
• Facilitating payment of invoices in line with payment terms and internal key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Ensuring all documentation relating to the tasks this role is accountable for is up to date and is made available to key personnel and audit when required., Don\’t worry if you think you don\’t have all the key skills, it might be worth taking the few minutes to apply as we\’re good at spotting potential and offer a generous training budget.

Please download a full job description to find a full scope, deliverables, experience and personal attributes required for this role.

Flexible and agile working everyone’s personal situation is different. To make the most out of hybrid working, we’ve introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):

• Hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once – twice a week, or more, as required)
• Reduce or vary working hours
• Reduce or vary the days worked
• Work compressed hours
• Job share

The Finance and Strategic Sourcing Directorate, led by the Chief Financial Officer and their leadership team, is made up of three distinct teams: Finance, Commercial Management, Procurement. It is an exciting time to join the Finance function as the CFO is looking to make a significant amount of change and enhancement in each of the areas but also looking for synergies and alignment across the Directorate.

We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Accounts Payable Assistant which is being offered on a 6 month Fixed Term Contract basis to ensure continuity of key responsibilities during a defined period of organisational change.

• Must have proven experience and detailed knowledge of the Accounts Payable function
• Must be able to demonstrate a strong sense of accountability
• Possess well developed analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy
• Must have strong computer skills, especially the ability to use Microsoft Excel and accounting systems