Finance Officer – Accounts Payable

Responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance of the account’s payable ledger for designated suppliers.
• Ensure the Purchase Order process is adhered to, liaising with procurement colleagues and suppliers where the process requires improving.
• Lead the enforcement of anti-fraud controls in relation to purchasing activities and the enforcement of prescribed controls over the function to ensure that only valid commitments to spend and payments are made by Action for Children.
• Lead the processing and controls over weekly BACS run and ensure fostering payments are processed timely and accurately.
• Lead the reconciliation of the account’s payable ledger.
• Produce and present all relevant KPI’s for the Accounts Payable & Purchase Card Manager.

• Studying for or will hold an entry level Accounting Qualification.
• Prior experience of working within and supporting a finance function.
• Good understanding of double entry bookkeeping.
• Experience of working on Oracle Fusion.
• Experience of working invoice matching processes.
• Previous demonstrable training on fraud prevention.
• Intermediate Excel Skills.
• Demonstrable interpersonal skills.
• Excellent numeracy and literacy.