Accounts Payable & Treasury Analyst

To fulfil our long-term ambitions as a business, we recognised a need for change which led to the formation of Platform4, bringing together the teams of LCR and the development team of Network Rail Group Property. Platform4 is working on a range of projects in and around railway stations to enable development, housing, jobs, growth and public value. We have the target of unlocking the delivery of 40,000 homes, to be consistently delivering returns to the Railway and investing where we can make a difference.

Whilst this role is being advertised by LCR please be advised that it is being recruited for Platform 4 – an exciting new organisation which is an imminent merger between LCR and Network Rail’s property development business. Publicly owned and commercially operated Platform 4 will deliver social, financial and economic value. Please visit  for more details.

Now, we are building on this expertise, working in collaboration with Network Rail, to act as the ‘guiding mind’ on a programme of development at and around stations to facilitate the delivery of tens of thousands of homes and jobs. We are seeking an Accounts Payable & Treasury Analyst to join our Finance team in our London Office.

The role of Accounts Payable & Treasury Analyst is to contribute to the delivery of our purpose by ensuring the management of the purchase to pay process in Finance, to work collaboratively with colleagues and to support LCR, its reputation and its projects. We are looking to appoint the role on a full-time contract reporting to the Accounts Payable & Treasury Manager.

We are looking for an individual who is:

• Personable
• Adaptable
• Strong communicator with a positive attitude
• Good organisational skills and able to self-manage
• Able to apply analytical thinking and a problem solving

• Process supplier and customer invoices to make accurate and timely payments, meeting our contractual requirements; including raising POs when required
• Check invoices and payments to ensure they comply with company policy, controls and regulations
• Create and run reports in line with KPIs to enable the monitoring of service levels, practices and controls
• Process and Check Employee Expenses to ensure timely payment and in line with company policy
• Reconcile supplier statements to identify and resolve queries with suppliers in a timely manner
• Run payments through Microsoft Dynamics to ensure accurate and timely payment is generated to correct supplier with no returns. Make same day urgent CHAPS payments as required and maintaining and monitoring company credit cards.
• Assist in the production of financial month end reporting – posting journals and verification of balances.
• Run quarterly fraud checks on the procure to pay function and sales function.
• Produce quarterly report on staff expense claims which details trends in staff spending.
• Produce monthly report detailing cash movements (Cash Report)
• Supplier Set Up Dynamics and Sign Off
• Maintaining Cashbooks and Banking Signatories
• Respond to all queries using Freshdesk platform and provide support to wider teams

• Cash flow management
• Strong MS Microsoft Office skills in Word and working knowledge of Excel to an intermediate standard
• Experience working within Finance functions
• Ability to follow processes and use judgement within defined procedures