Accounts Payable Controller

Job title:

Accounts Payable Controller

Reports to:

Senior Financial Accountant

• Processing of all purchase invoices
• Ensuring procedures are followed for authorisation to meet prompt payment by due date
• Reconciling supplier statements monthly
• Ensuring supplier queries are dealt with relating to price or quantity in a prompt manner
• Running the monthly BACS run
• Resolving invoice queries; all queries are to be recorded on a query log
• Preparing the accounts payable reserve at month end
• Preparing the freights payable reserve at month end
• Requesting booking in (BIL) of Service/contracts
• Credit checks of new vendors and setting up within SAP
• Assist with counting of petty cash on a monthly basis, and ensuring that this reconciles to the SAP ledger
• Assist with a range of office, administrative and ad-hoc finance related tasks as required
• Assist with month end management accounts and financial year end procedures
• Assist the Senior Financial Accountant with the submission of Quarterly Bill of Discharge submission to HMRC
• Support and complete monthly/quarterly ONS surveys
• Ensuring compliance with and adherence to ETL Quality Management, Environmental Management, Information Security and Health & Safety Policies and Procedures and all statutory legislation associated with these and any other duties as requested from time to time

Essential:

• GCSE Math/English
• AAT/CIMA Trainee

Desirable:

• 12 Months experience
• Good progress towards a Professional qualification.
• Evidence of knowledge and understanding of Business Process

Essential:

• 12 Months experience within an accounting environment

Desirable:

• Experience with use of SAP
• Good progress towards a Professional qualification.
• Continually looking to improve financial processes.