Payables Analyst

**Who we're looking for**

An enthusiastic, curious and flexible attitude is more important than prior experience in finance.

**About the client**

They're a global investment manager. They help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

They have around 5,000 people on six continents and been around for over 200 years

**The base**

You'll be based at offices near Horsham in West Sussex. It's home to their EMEA Operations and Technology Operations hub.

**The team**

The Payables team, along with Supply Chain Services, Purchasing and Reconciliations, form the new Purchasing and Payment Service Centre, an efficient, best-in-class capability servicing client offices globally.

The Payables team will be formed of c. 6 people responsible for; (i) working with the business to ensure they have correctly receipted their purchase orders; (ii) reviewing invoices for tax and accounting treatment; (iii) processing batch and manual payments.Individuals within the team will process invoices and payments for a variety of tax jurisdictions.

Payables will work closely with the Purchasing team to ensure payments to our employees, clients and suppliers are made on a timely basis.

**What you'll do**
- Processing the AP invoice queue including review for tax treatment, multi period accounting, proformas and soft payments.
- Ensuring that purchase orders have been correctly receipted for both payment processing and in support of the monthly accruals process.
- Processing of batch payments in Oracle Fusion
- Review and approval of manual payments. Ownership of non-standard payments.
- Develop good understanding of key controls and ensure they are followed appropriately.
- Working collaboratively with broader P2P team to ensure high quality and efficient processing of invoices.
- Responding to queries from both our suppliers and internal business partners.
- Understanding and implementing Schroders payables policies.
- Supporting corporate card administration.
- Work closely with the Purchasing team to ensure key processes are effective and efficient.
- Monitoring of aged invoices.
- Ensure queries and escalations are proactively managed to resolution with a focus on fixing the root cause.

**The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need**
- Good IT skills, especially with the Microsoft Office suite

**The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help**
- Additional languages, in particular German and French an advantage
- Experience of Oracle Fusion and / or TM5
- Experience of Financial Services
- Experience working in accounts payable function or similar
- Understanding of different types of tax treatment.

**What you'll be like**
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and focus on accuracy
- Friendly and approachable
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to manage and prioritise competing demands
- Team player with an ability to work independently

**We're looking for the best, whoever they are