Accounts Payable Clerk

**Permanent - 37.5 hours per week**

**Salary Range: £21,000 to £23,000 per year**

We are looking to add to our Finance team

A full-time position for an experienced finance professional has become available in our Accounts Payable team.

Finance is not just about counting pennies. This role will allow someone the opportunity to be part of a wider team of 6 and Accounts Payable team of 3 who collectively ensure that our suppliers are paid on time, our customers payments are received smoothly by the Society and that our colleagues receive key reports to help them manage their own stores and the farm.

You will also enhance your soft skills by being part of an office environment and have the chance to communicate with both internal and external stakeholders.

Duties will include undertaking some or all the following:

- Assist with the accurate and timely inputting of delivery notes and purchase invoices in the Society’s finance and goods receipting systems, adhering to the Chart of Accounts.
- To oversee the purchase order workflow within the finance system, ensuring purchase orders are good receipted and matched to invoices in a timely manner.
- To complete the reconciliation process for the Society’s main supplier, ensuring all direct debit payments fully reconciled and appropriate credit notes requested and received.
- Complete the weekly payment runs in line with Society policy, and support any ad hoc payments required when necessary.
- Ownership of the month end close for accounts payable.
- To be part of the governance process for the setup of new suppliers.
- To run and analyse reports relating to unauthorised invoices, unauthorised purchase orders, unallocated cash and nearly due invoices to ensure resolutions are identified so that suppliers are paid in line with their settlement terms.
- To investigate any discrepancies between invoices and delivery notes or purchase orders and resolve any queries either internally or with external suppliers.
- Complete statement reconciliations for suppliers and identify any issues.

You will have intermediate/advanced knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel, exposure to an accounting system ideally for a multi-channel environment, and ideally have had exposure to VAT procedures. You will also have a basic understanding of the retail environment.

You will be accurate with great attention to detail, have strong keyboard skills, be well organised and have excellent time management skills.

You will have strong communication skills, a confident telephone manner, be a team player and show confidence in identifying and enhancing processes for improvement.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £21,000.00-£23,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- purchase ledger: 1 year (preferred)
- Accounts payable: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: 339/22