Senior Accounts Payable - London

Seeking a Senior Accounts Payable Clerk for a 12 month fixed term contract that has become available within a media company based in London. Ideally seeking a candidate with a minimum of 3 years Accounts Payable experience and any prior exposure in using SAP would be very desirable.

Responsibilities:

* Supporting AP Supervisor & Manager to ensure smooth running of the Accounts Payable Function

• Provide day to day support to colleagues in the Stockholm office to ensure smooth process between us Verify all invoices received daily, ensuring high level of accuracy. Process all invoices received into cockpit. Liaising with colleagues in Stockholm to ensure efficiency in how quickly queries are dealt with twice weekly payment runs
• Processing Weekly Payment Runs for UK Vendors & seeking correct approvals from AP Manager & Head of Finance business services
• Responsible for sending out weekly BACS totals to production accountants to aid them in monitoring the bank balances of their production accounts.
• Supporting the AP Clerk in capturing all incoming invoices onto SAP to ensure invoices are processed in a timely manner
• Capturing manual payments onto SAP
• Responsible for the double checking and posting of BACS related royalty headers received for weekly BACS payment run
• Support monthly Aged Creditor reporting and assist to resolve any balances over 60 days
• Attend Aged Creditors review meetings
• Supplier Statement reconciliations
• Responsible for amending existing vendor details when necessary using the Vendor Amendments Form by calling suppliers to ensure bank details are up to date and accurate before payment runs are produced
• Responsible for allocating NO PO invoices to relevant contacts within the business to prompt them to raise purchase orders
• Offer guidance and full training support for apprentice in AP team
• Hold weekly/fortnightly one to ones, monitor progress and gain feedback on progress

Ad-hoc duties:

• Processing large volumes of expense claims both cash expenses and credit card expenses
• Communicating with both internal and external contacts to ensure smooth running of AP process via email and telephone
• Support with testing when required for projects and upgrades from GTRS
• Support AP team members where necessary with their individual job responsibilities

Qualifications & Experience:

• Minimum 3 years solid Accounts Payable experience
• Strong communication skills - both written and oral
• Good knowledge of SAP is essential
• Highly numerate and accurate with excellent attention to detail
• Good knowledge of Excel

To be considered for the role, candidates must be available to start the role immediately.