Accounts Payable Specialist

Your new company
Founded over 25 years ago, this global makeup and skincare brand has gained a loyal following thanks to its incredible products. The team are looking to bring in an experienced Accounts Payable Specialist, who is a team player and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Your new role

• Responsible for preparing bi-monthly payment runs and bank uploads; including detail checks of invoices and vendors bank information
• Keep accurate records of Vendors information, contact details and payment terms
• Strong relationships with vendors to ensure smooth and efficient payment processing
• Provide documentation and information to auditors during audit
• Help the Financial Controller and team with any ad hoc tasks
• Processing a high volume of Cash books postings and perform Bank Reconciliations on a daily basis
• Liaising with various relevant teams to resolve issues and queries
• Verifying invoice accuracy, ensuring invoices match purchase orders and delivery records and amounts are correct
• Vendor relationship management, and compliance adhering to internal policies, procedures and regulations
• Ensuring timely payments while maintaining accurate financial records
• Responsible for invoice processing, supplier payments reconciliations
• P&L and Balance sheet reconciliations
• Ensuring timely payments while maintaining accurate financial records

What you'll need to succeed

• Required: Degree holder in finance or studying towards AAT/ACCA/CIMA
• Required: 5+ years of strong working experience as an AP
• Experience working in a commercial/retail industry will be preferred but not required
• Excellent attention to details
• Diligent, hardworking, proactive, collaborative and good time management
• Working with tight deadlines
• High exposure to working through month ends and year-end
• Working in a fast-paced environment
• Great team player
• Strong reconciliation skills
• Good exposure to Accruals and Prepayments and preparing of schedules
• Someone who can come in, roll up their sleeves and get the ground running
• Good communications, verbal and written skills
• Excellent organisational skills and prioritizing workloads
• Good Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, XLOOKUPS, Sumifs, Pivot Tables) is a must
• Experience working with NetSuite will be an advantage.

What you need to do now
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