Description
Our accounts team has an opportunity for a Payment Clerk to join the team on a permanent basis, this role will see you reporting into the Payment Manager.
Responsibilities
* Processing of supplier and Sub-contractor payments in multicurrency
* Select/deselect purchase invoices and sub-contractors due for payment. Checking that all payments are made within credit terms.
* Reconciliation of supplier payments to creditors statement
* Preparing of remittance advices
* Preparation of sundry Bacs/cheque payments & posting payments to the creditor's ledger, ensuring that all necessary authorisations have been obtained
* Distribution of cheques to suppliers
* Updating bank statements, posting payments to creditors ledger and cashbook
* Dealing with supplier's queries efficiently and effectively, liaising closely with the cost team, to ensure that discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner
* Work closely with other departments to ensure smooth financial operations and correct ledger entries
* Setting up new supplier accounts, following company procedures to ensure accounts are verified correctly
* General office tasks including filing, photocopying, dealing with telephone queries
Qualifications
* Held previous role in an account's office environment
* Good knowledge and understanding of using a computerised purchase ledger
* Good working knowledge of Excel. Use of VLOOKUP's would be an advantage, however not essential
* Excellent attention to detail and well organised
* Able to work within tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
* Able to work independently and as part of a team
* Excellent communication skills