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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