Payments Analyst
Our Accounts Team has an opportunity for a Payments Analyst to join the team on a maternity cover basis. Reporting to the Payments Manager, this role will play a key part in supporting the day-to-day payments function and ensuring the smooth operation of payment processes.
- Processing of supplier and Sub-contractor payments in multicurrency
- Select/deselect purchase invoices and sub-contractors due for payment. Checking that all payments are made within credit terms.
- Reconciliation of supplier payments to creditors statement
- Preparing of remittance advices
- Preparation of sundry Bacs/cheque payments & posting payments to the creditor’s ledger, ensuring that all necessary authorisations have been obtained
- Distribution of cheques to suppliers
- Updating bank statements, posting payments to creditors ledger and cashbook
- Dealing with supplier’s queries efficiently and effectively, liaising closely with the cost team, to ensure that discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner
- Work closely with other departments to ensure smooth financial operations and correct ledger entries
- Setting up new supplier accounts, following company procedures to ensure accounts are verified correctly
- General office tasks including filing, photocopying, dealing with telephone queries
- Held previous role in preparing payment runs for at least 1 year.
- Good knowledge and understanding of using a computerised purchase ledger
- Good working knowledge of Excel. Use of VLOOKUP’s would be an advantage, however not essential
- Excellent attention to detail and well organised
- Able to work within tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills