Accounts Payable Assistant

Accounts Payable Assistant (Travel Expenses) - Temp - £19.08 per hour - Hybrid/London

Intergovernmental body is seeking an experienced temporary Accounts Payable Assistant to support their Finance team at their central London headquarters.

This is a temporary role to start ASAP for an initial 12 month period and will pay £19.08 per hour PAYE.

This is a hybrid position, working 2-3 days in the office.

The Accounts Payable Assistant will be primarily responsible for accounts payable and travel related processing activities. Duties include:

• Process payment requests in accordance with existing financial policies, controls and procedures
• Set up and update supplier accounts in the accounting system database
• Verify payment requests ensuring appropriate supporting documentation and levels of approval;
• Process payment runs accurately and efficiently
• Generate journals to effect multi-currency payments and cheques
• Process direct debit transactions and ensure all items that have cleared from the bank are legitimate liabilities
• Reconcile the aged creditors control account
• Prepare prepayment, accrual and correction journals
• Prepare exception reports detailing queries raised from payment requests
• Process staff travel advances and claims
• Arrange prompt settlement of travel related invoices and claims;

The ideal Accounts Payable Assistant will have the following knowledge, skills and experience:

• AAT part qualified or ACCA part qualified
• Bookkeeping or accountancy qualification
• Previous accounts payable experience
• Experience of processing travel and non-travel expense claims
• Understanding double entry accounting
• Experience of processing monthly corporate credit cards and reconciliations
• Familiar with P2P process
• Good IT skills, experienced user of Microsoft Office products
• Experience of computerised accounting and electronic banking
• Good interpersonal and communication skills

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