Interim Accounts Payable Clerk

Key Responsibilities

• Processing and validating supplier invoices through the finance system.
• Managing invoice queries and resolving unmatched invoices awaiting approval.
• Working closely with operational teams to investigate and resolve purchase order and goods receipting issues.
• Chasing internal stakeholders to ensure invoices are authorised and processed in a timely manner.
• Communicating with suppliers regarding payment queries and outstanding issues.
• Performing supplier statement reconciliations.
• Maintaining accurate supplier account records and supporting data updates.
• Providing remittance information when requested.
• Monitoring and responding to shared Accounts Payable inboxes.
• Supporting the wider finance team with ad hoc transactional finance duties.
• Ensuring all work is completed in line with internal controls and agreed processes.

About the Role

• The finance team typically process around 20-30 invoices each morning.
• A significant focus of the position is resolving invoices that are sitting in pending status due to mismatches against purchase orders or goods receipts.
• Success in the role will come from being proactive, persistent and confident in following up with stakeholders across the business.
• The hiring manager is keen to meet someone who can take ownership of issues and drive them through to resolution.
• Regular communication via Microsoft Teams and telephone forms a key part of the role, so strong communication skills are essential.

You will have:

• Previous Accounts Payable or Purchase Ledger experience.
• Experience working within a busy finance function.
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Confident verbal and written communication skills.
• Good Excel, Outlook and general systems experience.
• A proactive approach to problem solving and query resolution.