Firm: Private Equity Firm

Job Title: Accounts Payable

Contract: 6 months

Day rate: £220p/d

Duties:

• Receive, organise and submit supplier invoices
• Use the approvals to assist in validating the deal-related purchase invoices with the investment professionals that have requested the work
• Review the deal codes with the deal codes list, if assistance is required query about the deal codes with the investment professionals
• Use the approvals to assist in validating the non-deal related purchase invoices with the appropriate teams, managers and fund heads
• Review and check the payment approval selections are the relevant authorised persons
• Send the payments to the bank by observing the regular office and supplier's payment deadlines
• Review the banks and record related payments in the accounting software
• Follow and guide the business on the set deadlines
• Complete entity responsibilities for period-ends within set deadlines
• Setting up contracts to be used against invoices
• Matching contracts to invoice entries
• Maintaining contracts and managing queries
• Banking & Payment runs
• Expense claims
• Various Ad-hoc reports/projects

Requirements:

Education & Certificates

• GCSE A*-C Maths & English
• A-Level or Higher Education Qualification
• accounting or part accounting qualification a bonus but not compulsory

Professional Experience

• 1 year+ experience in a similar position preferred but not compulsory
• Basic knowledge of accounting principles
• Confident working with Word, Excel and Outlook required
• Knowledge of Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise preferred but not compulsory
• Knowledge of SAP products Concur, Ariba & SLP preferred but not compulsory

Competencies & Attributes

• Strong organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Effective team worker
• Indepentent and strong sense of rsponsibility & ownership