Full job descriptionPermanent Opportunity, Accounts Assistant/Payable, Outskirts of Birmingham, £27,000-£33,000+Excellent benefits package
On-site role - Monday to Thursday 7am-4pm and Fridays 7am-12pm

Greenwell Gleeson are working with a business on the outskirts of Birmingham to recruit an Accounts Assistant.

The business are seeking an experienced, detail-orientated and organised Accounts Assistant/Payable specialist to join their Finance Team to take ownership of AP and banking processes across two trading companies.

This is a hands-on fast paced role requiring accuracy, organisation and confidence. Responsibilities span the full AP cycle - from invoice entry and matching through to supplier management, payment runs and maintaining clean ledgers. The role also includes some light credit control activities supporting the wider finance team.

Reporting into the Finance Director, duties will include:

Invoice processing - coding, matching, approvals
Supplier management - onboarding, queries, statements, clean ledger
Employee expenses - checking, processing, payment
Payment runs - weekly and ad hoc
Bank transactions - posting, reconciliation, queries
Cash Flow - forecasting assistance, input actuals
AP month end - accruals, GRNI, aged creditors
Coding accuracy - nominal, departmental, job
Internal liaison - chasing transactions, approvals, resolving issues
Credit Control - statements, chasing overdue balances and allocating receipts
Continuous improvement - process efficiencies
Other - VAT return assistance, auditor queries, stock takes etc

Experience

3+ years AP experience
Multi entity/multi system experience
NetSuite experience
Solid accounting knowledge/AAT
Strong IT literacy including in using Excel for document management and communication (pivot tables & v lookups)
High level of accuracy/attention to detail
Excellent communication skills
Confident to work on initiative, manage own workload and prioritise

Candidates should demonstrate a proactive attitude towards learning new systems and processes while maintaining high standards of accuracy.

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