Accounts Payable Officer

Overview

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects across the utility and social infrastructure sectors. Our team delivers innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face. The company is split into two business areas:
Utility Infrastructure and Social Infrastructure.

Utility Infrastructure — design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. Social Infrastructure — revitalising homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment and maintenance.

With responsibility for processing suppliers’ invoices to the Accounts Payable (AP) system, your role as Accounts Payable Officer will ensure that the relevant documentation is accurate to internal control procedures and complete to enable timely payment to Creditors. You will ensure payments are prepared in an accurate, professional and timely manner and any invoices without correct VAT, supporting documentation or matched deliveries are rejected.

• Authorisation of invoices
• Reconciliation of supplier statements
• Dealing efficiently with supplier enquiries by telephone or other communication
• Shared responsibility for the filing of documents held within purchase ledgers
• Processing of invoices
• Registering supplier invoices via Continia (OCR system)
• Matching invoices to a valid Purchase Order (PO) and Goods Received Note (GRN) – 3 way matching
• Resolving price queries with buyers
• Resolving receipt and proof of delivery issues with Site Managers
• Assisting with raising weekly payment runs
• Monthly reconciliation of supplier statements and liaising with suppliers to resolve issues
• Resolving debit balances on vendor accounts
• Handling supplier enquiries by telephone or other communication
• Shared responsibility to clear down inboxes
• Shared responsibility for the filing of documents held within purchase ledgers

Experience:

• Purchase ledger: 1 year (preferred)
• Accounts payable: 1 year (preferred)

4 days office based, 1 day at home

This is a great role for a competent finance professional to join a high-performing team, where you will be supported to further develop your skills and receive a competitive salary and package. If you meet the criteria above, please apply today for immediate interview.