Accounts Payable and Reconciliation Assistant
Location: Peterborough (Hybrid – 2–3 days per week in the office)
Contract: Temp to Perm, initially 12 weeks
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Pay Rate: £13.52 per hour
Our client is seeking an Accounts Payable and Reconciliation Assistant to join their finance team on a temporary basis. This hybrid role offers a great opportunity to work within a busy finance function, supporting essential payment and reconciliation processes.
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage regular supplier and network partner payment runs, ensuring timely and accurate processing.
* Prepare supplier payment runs using SAP and Bottomline, maintaining full compliance with internal controls.
* Liaise with Treasury to secure authorisation and confirm availability of funds for payments.
* Maintain bank and control accounts, ensuring reconciliations are completed accurately and within agreed timelines.
* Reconcile Barclaycard control accounts and work with cardholders to clear outstanding items.
* Manage the onboarding of new procurement cardholders and approvers, including training and system setup.
* Maintain accurate procurement cardholder data and provide ongoing support to users and approvers.
* Administer monthly data interfaces, ensuring accurate reconciliation in SAP and timely reporting to the business.
* Process VAT reclaims for late-coded or post–month-end transactions.
* Conduct monthly audits of VAT invoices and procurement card expenditure to identify non-compliance or misuse.
About You:
* Previous experience in an accounts payable, finance administration, or reconciliation role.
* Proficiency with SAP or similar financial systems.
* Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
* Excellent organisational and communication skills.
* Ability to manage deadlines and work effectively both independently and as part of a team