Job title: Accounts Payable Controller
Department: Accounts
Reports to: Senior Financial Accountant
The primary responsibilities of the post holder will include:
1. Processing all purchase invoices.
2. Following procedures for authorisation to ensure prompt payment by due date.
3. Reconciling supplier statements monthly.
4. Promptly dealing with supplier queries related to price or quantity.
5. Running the monthly BACS payment run.
6. Resolving invoice queries and recording all queries on a query log.
7. Preparing the accounts payable reserve at month end.
8. Preparing the freight payable reserve at month end.
9. Requesting booking in (BIL) of services/contracts.
10. Performing credit checks on new vendors and setting them up within SAP.
11. Assisting with counting petty cash monthly and reconciling it to the SAP ledger.
12. Supporting various office, administrative, and ad hoc finance tasks as required.
13. Assisting with month-end management accounts and year-end procedures.
14. Supporting the Senior Financial Accountant with quarterly HMRC submissions.
15. Supporting and completing monthly/quarterly ONS surveys.
16. Ensuring compliance with ETL Quality Management, Environmental Management, Information Security, and Health & Safety policies and procedures, as well as statutory legislation.
17. Performing any other reasonable duties as assigned.
Location: Telford, Shropshire
Additional duties include:
1. Ensuring compliance with ETL policies and statutory legislation.
2. Raising and authorizing payments according to ETL Payment Policies.
3. Ensuring compliance with SEC J-Sox regime.
4. Maintaining accurate group reconciliations in line with policies.
5. Processing all data and paperwork correctly, especially within ETL's banking system.
6. Checking and double-checking work for accuracy.
Qualifications:
Essential:
* GCSE Math/English
* AAT/CIMA Trainee
Desirable:
* 12 months experience
* Good progress towards a professional qualification
* Knowledge of business processes
Experience required:
Essential:
* 12 months experience in an accounting environment
Desirable:
* Experience with SAP
* Progress towards a professional qualification
* Continuous improvement in financial processes
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