Accounts Payable Clerk - Leeds

Addleshaw Goddard ,
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Accounts Payable Clerk - Leeds Level of role: AG Level 1 Department: Finance, Accounts Payable Location: Leeds Reporting Line: Reports to Cashiering Operations Manager Purpose of the Role The Accounts Payable role is a key role in terms of providing accurate, timely processing of supplier invoices across all offices and staff and partner expenses in line with agreed service levels. Duties The following list of duties is not exhaustive but gives a flavour of the duties the Accounts Payable Clerk will undertake: Ensuring business SLA's are met Ensuring all invoices and expense claims are processed in line with Firms policies and procurement mandates Dealing with multi-currency payments via Internet banking platforms Raising UK payment batches via BACS software Checking and processing partner and staff expenses in line with policy Maintaining effective supplier relationships Ongoing reconciliation of supplier accounts Average annual processing volumes are 40,000 invoices for the UK, 2,000 for International offices (but is set to increase significantly) and 10,000 expense claims Knowledge, skills and experience required (bespoke to role) Experienced Accounts Payable clerk working in a professional services environment Excellent attention to detail & numeracy essential Good knowledge of UK VAT rules, and overseas equivalent Good communication and customer service skills (with the ability to be assertive when necessary) Ability to work on own initiative as well as being a good team player Excellent data input/IT skills including Excel Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a challenging fast-paced environment