Accounts Payable Assistant

Sureserve Compliance South provides gas compliance services for local authorities, housing associations and charity customers, currently managing around 200,000 properties across London and surrounding postcodes. Our finance department is on the lookout for a Accounts Payable Assistant to join the team.

To assist the Accounts Payable team to meet daily/weekly/monthly objectives and deadlines, whilst maintaining financial control in accordance with group policy and to help with any other tasks as directed by the Head of Purchase to Pay.

• Processing high volumes of invoices from key vendors weekly. Matching invoices to purchase orders and posting to the system both manually and via automated upload.
• Manage, monitor, and keep up-to-date records of all invoice queries, including liaising with administrators/vendors up to resolution.
• Ensure vendor reconciliations are done weekly/monthly.
• Assist with the monthly material spend accrual and correctional journal postings.
• Assist with monitoring the AP mailbox, ensuring the appropriate action is taken as required.
• Provide any financial analysis as required.
• Provide holiday/sickness cover as required.
• Assist in the internal/external audit where appropriate.
• Any other ad-hoc finance work as directed by the Head of Purchase to Pay.

• Able to work quickly and accurately and use own initiative.
• Proven track record of working in Purchase Ledger Department, and able to work to tight monthly deadlines in a very busy environment.
• A high level of understanding around finance processes.
• Excellent data analysis skills and intermediate Excel skills are necessary (XLOOKUP/Pivot Tables).
• Ability to communicate financial information to a non-finance audience.
• Microsoft Dynamics experience would be an advantage but not essential.

Hybrid working available after successful completion of 6 months probation.

Sureserve Compliance South is an equal opportunities employer that values everyone as an individual.