Accounts Assistant/Payable

Permanent 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. Greenwell Gleeson Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. To find out more about how and why Greenwell Gleeson Ltd process your personal data in line with the data protection regime please go to the privacy notice on our website