Accounts Payable Assistant

**Reference**:
**OCT20244044**
- Expiry date:
- 18:59, Sun, 27th Oct 2024- Location:
- Liverpool- Salary:
- £28,879.00 - £33,232.00 Per Annum- Benefits:
- 30 Days holiday + Bank Holiday and additional Christmas closure days**Accounts Payable Assistant**

**Full time, permanent position**

**Liverpool, hybrid working (2 days per week on site)**

**Salary: £28,879 - £33,232**

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is a globally recognised centre of excellence for research and teaching in tropical diseases. For over a century, we are proud to have contributed to improving global health by researching diseases that primarily affect developing countries. Our work has been recognised by some highly prestigious awards, including Business of the Year 2023 by Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and recently being ranked in the top 5.3% of universities in the world.

We are looking to recruit an Accounts Payable Assistant to join our award-winning finance team, helping to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of our accounts payable function. This role is essential in supporting LSTM’s projects, as you will be working closely with suppliers, external financial service providers, and internal teams to manage payments and maintain accurate financial records.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Use the LSTM Finance system (Technology One) to process all purchase invoices for LSTM and its subsidiaries, ensuring they are correctly authorised and coded.
- Produce BACs payment files and overseas payment runs, working with IT and the bank to resolve any technical issues on payment.
- Reconcile supplier statements to Technology One.
- Use the Ezescan system to scan and attach invoices electronically to the purchase ledger in Technology One, acting at the point of contact with Ezescan to resolve any technical issues with the scanning of invoices.
- Liaise with and build relationships with suppliers to resolve queries.
- Support with the month-end process by taking responsibility for assigned balance sheet reconciliations.
- Process monthly corporate card transactions, providing data analysis to the accounting team supervisor for monthly corporate card reviews/checks.
- To provide monthly cashflow forecasting information relating to the purchase ledger to the financial accountant.
- Work closely with the procurement team to resolve queries, support colleagues with the use of the e-procurement system and support with process improvements.
- 5 GCSEs at grade C or above or equivalent including Maths and English Language
- Previous experience of working within an accounts payable position, with experience of using accounts payable systems
- Knowledge of the purchase ledger function
- Experience of liaising with external agencies
- Understanding of compliance to legislation and regulations in relation to finance and purchase functions
- Strong problem-solving abilities
- A collaborative, customer-focused approach

An Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or equivalent qualification would be highly advantageous, in addition experience of working with multiple currencies, however this is not essential.
- To see a full list of responsibilities and requirements, see the job description attached._

**Additional benefits of joining LSTM**:

- 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and 6 additional Christmas closure days
- Generous occupational pension schemes
- Agile working
- Affiliated, discounted staff membership to the University of Liverpool Sports Centre
- Employee assistance programme to support with employee well-being
- High street discounts and cashback offers
- Government-backed cycle to work scheme
- Plus, a host of additional family friendly policies

**Application process**:
**Inclusion is central to our values at LSTM.**

**About LSTM**

Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases. Through the creation of effective links with governments, NGOs, private organisations, and global institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed/resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics.

**LSTM actively promotes Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Policies