Accounts Payable Officer Job in City of London, London

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Accounts Payable Officer Job in City of London, London

Job Description
JOB TITLE: Accounts Payable Officer

LOCATION: London

HOURS: 35 hours a week

PAY: Hourly pay of £17.47

PROPOSED START DATE: ASAP

JOB PURPOSE:

To support the efficient running of the accounts payable team and work as part of a team to ensure that the University's creditors are paid accurately and on time.

MAIN DUTIES:

The following duties and responsibilities are intended to give a broad indication of the variety of tasks. The post holder is expected to perform a range of duties, which includes:

To process documents for payments to suppliers, staff and students accurately within set time-scales, ensuring and checking that the payments have been properly authorised. This involves using finance systems such as Agresso, Delta and Fraedom.
To prepare and process BACs payment runs in the absence of the Accounts Payable Manager and perform adequate checks to ensure that the correct payments are made to the correct creditors.
Manage key supplier accounts to ensure payments are made on time and to prevent interruption of supplies, including managing work flow bottlenecks by liaising with task holders and agreeing an appropriate course of action.
Responsible for reconciliation and checking of supplier statements, identifying any potential account problems, contacting the supplier or staff where necessary and agreeing an appropriate course of action.
Ensuring that outstanding payments overdue in the aged creditors reports are investigated, decide an appropriate course of action and implement.
To produce monthly aged creditor reports and key performance indicators as agreed to management.
To produce and analyse payment data from Agresso and other finance systems to identify and rectify problems.
Liaise with suppliers, staff and students about payment of invoices, to question and resolve any queries raised.
To assist in collecting, opening and sorting incoming posts and carrying out general filing duties and record maintenance as required for the smooth running of the team.Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

Job Type: Temporary, Full Time
Location: City of London, London
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: City of London
County: City and County of the City of London
Country: United Kingdom
Salary: £17 – £17.50/hour
Benefits: