The Role: Accounts Payable

The Client: Private Equity

The Location: London City Centre - 5 days in the office

This is a new Accounts Payable position to join the finance team at a growing Private Equity firm in the centre of London reporting to the Financial Controller.

The Requirements:

• 5 years experience in a similar role running the Accounts Payable Function
• Prior experience working within Financial Services
• Strong analytical skills to solve technical & non-technical day-to day AP processes
• Experience in implementing / improving systems
• Good understanding of UK VAT
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics Business Central is desirable

The Role:

• Take control of the whole AP function from start to finish for UK & Irish entities
• Oversee the processing of invoices by outsourced administrators for US investment advisors
• Preparing fortnightly payment runs and regular bank reconciliations as well as quarterly balance sheet reconciliation
• Liaising with the corporate finance team in other jurisdictions, fund finance team and administrators to process Fund related invoices (recharges, management fees etc) in a timely manner
• Producing and reconciling supplier statements, ensuring aged items are kept to a minimum
• First review and approval of out-of-pocket expense claims, integrating as invoices from Webexpenses, our personal expense platform, to Business Central
• Involvement with transformation projects for new AP systems