Accounts Payable Clerk

**Accounts Payable Clerk - Accrington £20,800 p.a. + benefits Join our great finance team in a key role within business processing. Great career opportunity**

**The Role - Accounts Payable Clerk**

We are currently looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Clerk to join our finance team.

The purpose of the role is to maintain a clean and accurate Accounts Payable ledger by ensuring the timely and accurate processing of stock, overheads and property related supplier invoices and employee expense claims. Carrying out regular reconciliationsof supplier accounts and prompt query resolution including escalation to the Accounts Payable Team Leader in a timely manner. To ensure that processing deadlines are met and that company policy and procedures are upheld.

Daily responsibilities include:

- Working as part of a team covering stock, overhead and property suppliers.
- Ensure invoices are processed promptly to ensure payment within agreed supplier payment terms.
- Ensure invoices are coded and costed accurately and identify VAT elements.
- Ensure credit notes are received from suppliers and processed promptly.
- Manage outstanding purchase orders, to ensure accurate accrual reporting at period end.
- Monitor and chase up rejected invoices for re-submission.
- Reconcile supplier statements and resolve differences.
- Manage debit balances and aged creditors.
- Take phone calls from suppliers and deal with queries as they arise, ensuring satisfactory conclusion for the supplier.
- Set-up and maintain supplier accounts in accordance with company procedures.
- Liaise directly with senior members of staff, departments and budget holders to resolve any issues.
- Resolve significant issues (e.g. requests for payment) promptly.
- Process employee expense claims and account for the correct treatment of VAT.
- Process company credit card receipts, filing and archiving.
- Other tasks as requested by the Team Leader / Senior team members.
- Other adhoc duties, as requested by the Team Leader, Business Processing Manager Management Accounts Team or Financial Controller.

**Skills needed**

We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Clerk with the following skills, experience and attributes to be successful in this role:

- IT literate with working knowledge of a financial accounting package, ideally CODA.
- Experience of nominal coding, cost centres and analysis codes.
- Experience of working in a high-volume purchase ledger processing environment.
- Good working knowledge of Excel (VLOOKUPS, SUMIF, Pivot tables).
- Investigating queries to resolution.
- Understanding of accruals and prepayments
- Self-driven, inquisitive with a positive outlook and a clear focus on high quality service to all suppliers and internal customers.
- A natural forward planner who critically assesses their own performance.
- Credible and comfortable in dealing with people, able to communicate at all levels and challenge where necessary, confident in your ability.
- Reliable, tolerant and determined with a flexible approach to work.
- Able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and be able to influence and persuade at all levels.
- Able to work extended hours on occasions when required to meet deadlines.

**Our Benefits**

In return for your contribution to the team’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary plus _all these extra benefits:_
- *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
- *Medicash - cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
- Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
- *Pension scheme - provided by Legal & General
- *Discounted Gym membership
- *Cycle to Work scheme
- Annual leave buy & sell scheme - you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
- *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
- Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
- Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
- Career progression - access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
- *Long service awards and 'Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like

(*qualifying periods apply)

**About Bensons for Beds**

We're Bensons for Beds We put Sleep Wellness at the heart of everything we do. With 100 years of experience in sourcing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience. We have170+ locations and employ c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission.