Senior Accounts Payable Specialist ( Maternity Cover)

West London, up to £35K + Bens

Elite Finance recruitment are partnering a leading company within the travel and tourism industry to help hire an experienced Senior Accounts Payable professional to cover maternity leave. This will be a contract role and it will report into the Treasury & Cash Manager within the Finance department.

The role:

The role involves providing financial, administrative and clerical support to the Finance team and wider organisation. The role is to assist the treasury manager to administer payments and control expenses by receiving payments, plus processing, verifying and reconciling invoices to suppliers statements. Working with their teams in other countries, notably Italy and Switzerland, to ensure that Accounts Payable (3rd party and inter-company) and all related activities are performed efficiently and in accordance with best practices and Group reporting calendars.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create new Supplier accounts as necessary ensuring all validation checks have been carried out and evidenced, coordinating with Procurement, other functions and shared services centre in Naples

• Matching invoices to suppliers and accurate coding of invoices

• In charge of month end responsibilities that relate to the purchase ledger

• Vendor Queries

• Purchase Order generation and processing high volume invoices (250 per week)

• Continuing to improve the payment process

• Supports AP process and payment runs and assists the Treasury and Cash Manager in the payment cycle and cash management

• Manage credit cards and reconcile monthly credit card statements

• Timely and accurate payments of invoices and employee expenses. To ensure all payments are approved and made to suppliers within term

• Post, reconcile and pay employee expense, including ensuring VAT is recovered.

• Identify and report on Concur invoice requests that are outstanding with approver

• Manage Concur system and workflows and act as a single point of contact for Concur queries

• Assist in cash-flow forecasting ensuring all projects are covered

• Work with other finance team members to reconcile banks

• Assist with payment queries

Job-Requirements: skills, competencies, experience

• Strong accounts payable experience

• High volume processing of invoices (250+)

• Navision experience highly desirable

• Positive personality, social and committed

• Assertive, with the ability to build strong relationship quickly and push back when required

If you are immediately available or have a short notice period and are interested in this contract opportunity, then please apply with your CV to Rachael Terry for more information.