Role: Accounts Payable Assistant
Contract Type: 3-month contract
IR35: Inside
Location: 5 days on-site
Start: ASAP
Are you an experienced Accounts Payable professional looking for your next contract opportunity in a dynamic, fast-moving environment?
Our client is looking for an organised and proactive Accounts Payable Assistant to join their Finance team on a 3-month contract, playing a key role in managing supplier relationships and ensuring the smooth and accurate processing of financial transactions.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong end-to-end accounts payable experience who enjoys working collaboratively, solving problems and taking ownership of their workload.
What you'll be doing:
- Manage the accounts payable inbox, processing high volumes of supplier invoices accurately and efficiently.
- Verify invoices, match them against purchase orders and ensure timely entry into the accounting system.
- Build and maintain positive supplier relationships, resolving payment queries, discrepancies and billing issues.
- Prepare and process supplier payments in line with agreed terms and internal approval processes.
- Work closely with internal teams to resolve invoice queries and keep processes running smoothly.
- Support internal controls, compliance and audit requirements, ensuring accurate financial records.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, increase efficiency and strengthen financial controls.
- Ensure all activities align with relevant accounting standards, tax regulations and company policies.
What we're looking for:
- Experience in an Accounts Payable or similar Finance role.
- Strong understanding of the end-to-end accounts payable function, ideally within a high-volume environment.
- Good knowledge of accounting principles and financial processes.
- Experience using an ERP system.
- Confident resolving queries, investigating discrepancies and reconciling accounts independently.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Strong communication skills and the confidence to build relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, Word and Office.
- A proactive, self-motivated approach and the ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team.
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