Accounts Payable Clerk

Accounts Payable Clerk - Permanent, Walsall, £26,000 base

Our client, one of the largest civil engineering and infrastructire specialists, are looking for a new Accounts Payable Clerk to join the business. This role will be responsible for managing and reconciling all aspects of assigned supplier accounts. This will involve ensuring all supplier accounts are up to date, accurate, and paid in a timely manner, as well as ensuring audit and process compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Managing all emails, correspondences, and queries, as well as supplier account setups.
• Sorting post, dealing with exceptions and any urgent requests, particularly on stop accounts.
• Register Purchase Ledger and Subcontract invoices & credits daily (some will be subject to CIS tax & Reverse Charge VAT).
• Overhead invoices registered and forwarded for authorisation, ensure these are then processed & matched to a GRN (residual match) in time for their payment run.
• Query resolution monitoring and control.
• Supplier reconciliation (to receive in excel format) to be performed in line with KPI's.
• Chase any missing invoices or credits with vendor and request a copy.
• Accounts Payable Journals - to correct errors etc.

Key skills/experience

• 6-12 months experience in Accounts Payable
• Strong IT skills including MS Office (Word, Excel)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to efficiently produce accurate and relevant information.
• Adapt well to working both independently and as part of a team environment.
• Meet deadlines on time and work well under pressure.
• Proactive problem solving.