Job Title: Temporary Accounts Payable Assistant
Location: Hemel Hempstead (3 days office / 2 days from home)
Reporting to: Accounts Payable Manager
Contract Type: Full-Time, Temporary
Pay Rate: £22 per hour
Start Date: As soon as possible
About the Role
We are currently seeking a Temporary Payments Assistant to join our clients Finance team in Hemel Hempstead. This is a key temporary role focused on ensuring smooth, accurate, and secure payments to suppliers and team members.
You'll be hands-on with preparing, validating, and reconciling payment files, handling sensitive data with care, and verifying high-value transactions. It's a vital position that supports business continuity and keeps things running behind the scenes.
Key Responsibilities
1. Prepare weekly supplier and team member payment runs
2. Process and validate bank detail changes, including direct supplier contact for verification
3. Create and upload accurate payment files using PTX and Boomerang data
4. Manage payment approvals and ensure timely submission to meet payment schedules
5. Post journals for ad hoc payments and maintain reconciliation of control accounts
6. Communicate payment details to suppliers, guests, and internal teams
7. Respond to payment quer...