Accounts Payable Clerk

Accounts Payable Clerk
The Role:
To administer, manage, and reconcile all aspects of assigned Supplier Accounts, ensuring processes are followed and all supplier accounts are up to date, accurate and paid in a timely manner, ensuring audit & process compliance.

Key Responsibilities:
- Sorting post, dealing with exceptions and any urgent requests, queries, particularly on stop accounts.
- Register Purchase Ledger and Sub contract invoices & credits daily (some will be subject to CIS tax & Reverse Charge VAT).
- Overhead invoices registered and forwarded for authorisation, ensure these are then processed & matched to a GRN (residual match) in time for the payment run.
- Query resolution monitoring and control.
- Supplier reconciliation (preferably in excel format) to be performed in line with KPI’s.
- Chase any missing invoices or credits with vendor and request a copy.
- Accounts Payable Journals - to correct errors etc.
- Direct Debits - Reconcile account, process documents & match against payments taken directly from our bank account.
- Prioritise and deal immediately with any Overdue letters/7 day notice letters etc.
- Ensuring the supplier email address recorded in the system is up to date and correct.
- Work with Cost clerks, QS’s, procurement and suppliers to ensure audit/process compliance and identify opportunities for improvement
- Working to agreed performance standards/targets
- Select suppliers for weekly payments (from list provided), check and authorise payment proposal list, when authorised by Manager execute for payment and pass to Treasury.
- Providing remittance information to vendors as and when required.
- Vendor master file set up and maintenance, confirming bank details directly with suppliers.
- Checking all details are up to date on the vendor master file e.g. correct name, address, VAT and Company registration numbers, bank details etc.
- In time - to be able to cover for colleagues in their absence, e.g. subcontract ledger (Certifications), cash postings, and Sales Ledger invoices and valuations - skills dependant. Contribute to the improvement of processes
- Understand and respond to the needs of Vendors, team members, colleagues and managers
- Raise issues and concerns constructively and offer solutions
- Understanding of Reverse charge VAT and Construction Industry Scheme Tax (CIS)

Key Measures and Targets
- No of invoices/credits registered against daily/monthly targets
- Accuracy of data entered - error rate
- Monthly Supplier Reconciliations - set against KPI
- No accounts on stop
- No of queries not resolved within a timely period
- Monthly reporting & KPI’s
- No of invoices not registered at month end

Key Relationships
- Commercial Manager
- Commercial Team
- Project Teams
- Clients and contacts
- Subcontractors
- External stakeholders

About you
Essential
- Strong IT skills including MS Office (Excel, Word)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to produce accurate, relevant information in a timely manner
- Work well with other colleagues
- Proactive in problem solving
- Adapts well working on their own or in a team environment
- The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines is required