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Job Description
Our client is seeking to recruit on the Accounts Payable team, someone who can thrive in a busy/changing organisation and can lead and solve issues with our remote shared service centre.
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to demonstrate excellent in-depth understanding of accounts payable in general and drive/implement KPIs to track and measure results.
The successful candidate will be a confident people person who can fit in seamlessly and adopt a hands-on approach to their role.
Key Responsibilities:
Invoicing:
- Ensure that the AP team processes all Supplier Invoices within the timescale.
- Help AP team resolve any issues/discrepancies on pending AP Invoice/Credit Notes.
- Ensure that all query invoices are resolved in a timely manner.
- Identify root cause issues and implement solutions with the processing team.
Reconciliations:
- Review and approve creditors reconciliations.
- Ensure accounting accuracy.
- Identify root cause issues and implement solutions with the reconciling team.
- Capacity to analyze complex/large data and find relevant issues.
Supervision:
- Ensure that policies and procedures for the AP process are followed by our outsource partners.
- Review daily/weekly/monthly AP performance reports.
- Review the closing AP ledger in accordance with the month-end/quarter-end close timetable.
Budgeting:
- Budget holder reviews-preparation of monthly accrual/prepayments.
- Help set future budgets.
Other:
- Oversee ongoing projects to solve AP related system interface issues.
- Payments reviewer and approver (RCT).
- Preparation & assistance with year-end audit.
- Office management skills.
Experience & Skills
The successful candidate will:
- Hold a minimum of 4 years relevant experience and proven track record in Accounts Payable.
- Have excellent people management and communication skills and be a strong role model for staff and our brand.
- Be a self-starter who can work on own initiative and ensure successful delivery of key tasks on time.
- Be a solution-oriented and positive individual who can work through constraints and obstacles to an optimal solution.
- Have strong logic and decision-making skills.
- Have excellent organisation and proven attention to detail.
- Exhibit problem-solving, customer focus, and proactive behavior.
- Demonstrate teamwork and a flexible can-do attitude.