Accounts Payable Officer/Junior Management Accountant

Salary £60,000 - £63,500 

Ashley Kate Finance, are partnering with a leading Bank in central London who are in search for a skilled Accounts Payable Officer/Junior Management Accountant. You will form part of a small Finance team and have exposure to various aspects of the company through the support of this dual role.  The purpose of this role is to support the Finance Team to help process, track, and record payments in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner on the accounts payable side, but also to have a daily, ongoing impact on the management reporting area. The role also provides accounts payable support to other branches.

Our client relies on SAP to produce their Accounts Payable (AP) and Management Reporting. Recent and EXTENSIVE SAP experience is therefore a prerequisite with a preference for this to include SAP Fiori and SAP Concur experience.  You will be a crucial part of the team and must be able to take responsibility for communicating with co-workers and senior Stakeholders.

Responsibilities - Accounts Payable Officer:

·      Sound understanding of reporting functionality within SAP

·      Assist with end user queries on use of the SAP system (act as competence centre for other branches)

·      Review, verify, code, match, enter, upload and pay invoices & employee expense claims

·      Track expenses and process expense reports using SAP Concur

·      Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments

·      Post journals into the general ledger

·      Resolve invoice discrepancies and issues with vendors and internal stakeholders

·      Produce monthly reports

·      Provide supporting documentation for audits

·      Maintain accurate historical records and confidentiality of organisational information

·      Accounts Receivable management

·      Reconciling supplier statements and answering any payment/purchase ledger queries

·      Bank account reconciliation 

Management Accounting:

·      Responsibility for month end close process

·      Review of expenses, such as Compensation, IT & other related accruals/prepayments

·      Maintenance of Fixed Asset register

·       Consolidation of London Expenditure (Profit Centre Reporting)

·      Analysis/Commentary of Monthly/Yearly expense movements

·      Balance Sheet and P&L substantiation and reviews with Department Heads

·      VAT return preparation

·      Ad-hoc support

About you:

·      Previous Banking experience

·      Financial Analysis skills

·      Systems knowledge to include SAP (preferably SAP FIORI)

·      Unit 4 CODA Financials (optional)

·      Microsoft Office (intermediate to advanced) to include Excel Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP

·      Excellent time management skills and detail orientation

·      Ability to work independently

Other Information:

Your working hours are Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm (with some flex)

This is a hybrid role, but you must be able to work from the Central London Office 2-3 days a week. Please note that whilst in training/Induction you will be in the office full-time to give you the best start to your career.

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