Accounts Payable Specialist (6 month FTC)

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Accounts Payable Specialist (6 month FTC)

£27,000 - £30,000 - plus 25 days holiday (pro-rata'd) + pension

Redhill Office based - Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days at home

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding position with a well-established International FMCG business, who have recently gone through a systems change? This Accounts Payable Specialist position will provide an excellent working environment within impressive, modern offices that also offer on-site parking. Our client will offer hybrid working, so 3 days per week in the office, and 2 working from home and initially this role will be hired on a 6 month FTC basis, to cover the high workload and backlog of invoices.

You will be working for a highly experienced and very supportive AP Manager, within their hands-on collaborative AP team of 3, who have a great work ethic. This role would really suit a candidate with very hands-on and recent Accounts Payable experience wishing to develop their accounts payable knowledge further. My client will offer superb training, but those candidates who have worked on multi-currency invoices in a fast-paced environment will succeed here.

The successful Accounts Payable Specialist, will be working alongside the wider finance team of 15, and you will undertake the following tasks:

Being responsible for c1,500 invoices per month, along with all queries from stakeholders from all departments
Scanning of invoices
Uploading all invoices
Obtaining PO numbers for the invoices, following up with approvers for any missing information
Verifying bank details for new suppliers
Assisting with preparing and co-ordinating the payment of suppliers
Processing of all staff expenses and corporate credit cards
Responsible for Supplier Statement Reconciliations
Processing and maintaining accruals and pre-payments daily
Handling queries
The successful Accounts Payable Specialist (6 month FTC) will offer:

Recent UK experience
Some recent similar and relevant experience, potentially from working within a small AP team
Be flexible, adaptable and able to go the extra mile
The ability to be self-disciplined and energetic
A great aptitude for systems - Intermediate Excel and potentially Business Central will be preferred
This role would ideally suit someone who already had some grounding within Accounts Payable, and be looking to take that next step. This employer has a very strong finance team who have all been with the company for many years with several promotions throughout. This really is a unique employer so please apply now to be considered. My client can offer an immediate start but equally can wait for the right person.

Please contact me for further information of this superb Redhill based Accounts Payable Specialist role, initially to be hired on a 6 month FTC basis. Ideally you will be available at short notice to commence this role. Please note that we can only accept application from UK residents.

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