Accounts Payable Assistant

Your new company
This organisation is a premier institute for measurement science, providing critical standards and precision methods across a wide range of physical quantities. It plays a pivotal role in supporting innovation and economic growth by working closely with industry, government, and academia. The institute's research spans various fields, including biosciences, environmental monitoring, and quantum technologies, ensuring that advancements in science and technology are accurately measured and standardised.

Your new role
This will be a temping role for a minimum of 3 months with the possibility of extensions and/or becoming a permanent position. This position will primarily be dealing with a backlog after a new ERP system implementation.

Key responsibilities:

• Assist with the co-ordination and update of the Accounts Payable function, creating, processing and maintaining records of transactional credits and debits and all supplier accounts and direct debits.
• Invoice processing.
• Review, process and payment of staff expense claims and processing queries.
• Assist with the creation and maintenance of staff supplier accounts.
• Assist with ensuing UK BACS payment runs, one-off supplier and wire/international AP payment requests are completed in line with service level agreements.
• Assist in reconciliation queries across bank accounts.
• Review and reconcile supplier statements.
• Maintain relationships with suppliers and colleagues by ensuring that queries and problems are dealt with effectively and efficiently.
• Part of the team responsible for the function of Super User covering all matters pertaining to Accounts Payable supporting Finance and the wider business.

What you'll need to succeed

• Previous experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Previous experience in a similar role/roles.
• Great communication skills across departments.
• Have a versatile nature.
• Be calm, independent and self-confident.
• Ability to start on short notice.

What you'll get in return

• Flexible working options available.
• Hybrid working. 2 days a week in the office.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• On-site parking.

What you need to do now
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