Accounts Payable Clerk

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I am currently recruiting an Accounts Payable Clerk to work for for the UK’s largest train service provider. This is going to be a temporary position based in the City of London.

Sector: Accountancy

Client Details

My client is the UK’s largest train service provider who have recently created a franchise with a French transportation company. As a result they are looking to take on a temporary Accounts Payable Clerk to assist with the workload.

This role will be based in their rand new offices in the City of London.

Description

Accounts Payable Clerk, City of London

Roles and Duties

Prior experience

• Must have experience of Accounts Payable using a three-way match process, in a large or medium-sized company


• Prior experience of Oracle is preferred


• Matching, batching and coding invoices


• Processing high volumes of invoices – up to 200 a week


• Petty cash


• Staff expenses


• Supplier statement reconciliations


• Supplier queries


• Prior experience of Accounts Receivable and credit control is preferred. At least one of the candidates must have significant experience in this area.

Aptitudes

Must be able to demonstrate:

• The ability to work well within a team


• The ability to work on own initiative, and to improve processes in area of responsibility


• The ability to communicate effectively verbally, by telephone and in writing, as the role requires a lot of communication with internal stakeholders, customers and suppliers.


• A flexible attitude, as work will be rotated within the team, and processes revised, in order to obtain maximum efficiency


• An eye for detail and an emphasis on accuracy, including a good standard of numeracy


• An eagerness to work in a challenging environment, where there is an emphasis on improving efficiency and effectiveness.

Profile

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of purchase and sales ledger modules (Oracle)


• Good understanding of Accounts Payable & Receivable processes

Skills

• Good standard of numeracy & literacy


• Good attention to detail


• Working knowledge of Word and Excel


• Good interpersonal skills and effective communicator

Experience

• Experience of transactions processing in accordance with defined procedures


• Experience of providing effective customer service to both internal and external stakeholders


• Experience of rail or similar transport industry

Job Offer

The successful candidate will be paid between £12-15 per hour depending on experience