Accounts Payable / Payroll Assistant

We are currently recruiting an experienced Accounts Payable Assistant / Payroll Assistant to support our key transactional processes, ensuring the best service is provided to our stakeholders, on an 8 month fixed term contract. 

The Finance Assistant will join a small, fast-paced and busy finance team, based in Peterborough, and will play a vital role in the processing of supplier payments, staff expenses and payroll in a smooth and timely fashion. This is a great opportunity for someone who has gained experience in a similar role to own and manage these activities.

We offer a highly competitive salary package which includes a fantastic benefits package including a variety of flexible benefits allowing you to choose those that suit your personal circumstances including purchasing additional leave, health cash plans, cycle to work scheme and so on! In addition, we welcome applications from those seeking flexible or agile working arrangements and can be discussed at the application stage.

Key tasks:

• Invoice processing ensuring accurate coding to the general ledger ;
• Processing and audit of staff expense claims, ensuring claims are within policy;
• Processing and reconciliation of all company credit card statements, ensuring accurate coding to the general ledger;
• Handling supplier statement reconciliations to identify items requiring correction;
• Handling purchase ledger related queries and liaising with suppliers both via email and phone where necessary to investigate and resolve
• The potential to be involved in various aspects of payroll processes, including starters and leavers, commission calculations and other monthly procedures
• Organise and plan workload effectively; raise any concerns or issues early

 The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, conduct their work in a professional manner and be comfortable with multi tasking and working under pressure to meet deadlines. Ideally you will have experience working in a similar role, payroll experience would be extremely beneficial. A good working knowledge of Microsoft office packages, including Excel is essential for this role. You must have a clear financial record and the position is subject to a credit check.