Accounts Payable/Receivable Specialist

Job Title: Accounts Payable/Receivable Experienced Professional

Location: Stone, Staffordshire, UK (Min 3 days onsite a week)

Duration: 6 months+ extendable contract

Job Description

• Responsible for providing accounts payable and/or accounts receivable services to clients.
• Receives, verifies tracks and reports all invoices, and processes them for payment.
• Reconciles and checks account balances.
• Follow-ups on invoice/payment discrepancies, and maintains vendor files.
• Ensures timely and accurate processing and payment of invoices.
• Receives and posts cash receipts and reconciles outstanding account balances.
• Prepares periodic reports on accounts receivable and determines overdue accounts status.
• Sends follow-up inquires and works with the collections team on the restructuring of overdue accounts repayment.
• An Experienced Professional (P2) applies practical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.

May require the following proficiency:

• Works independently with general supervision.
• Problems faced are difficult but typically not complex.
• May influence others within the job area through explanation of facts, policies and practices.

Additional Details

Commercial Support

• Provide day-to-day local controlling SAP support for Transformers and Service Business Units
• Prepare journals and accruals
• Prepare overhead allocations
• Reconcile and review key balance sheet accounts e.g. stock, provisions
• Resolve errors
• Provide month end Abacus reporting support (input to Abacus by SAS)
• Balance sheet reconciliation and review
• Prepare cost centre correction journals (where required)
• Headcount reconciliation and reporting
• Sales expenses variance analysis
• Provide local finance and accounting support to the business
• Cash flow forecasts
• Manage and review the FX forward contracts
• Manage intra-business recharges
• Provide support to the annual budget and rolling forecast processes
• Support Annual budget process
• Prepare local cost centre budgets for input to SAP
• Update the monthly rolling forecast in BI
• Provide ad-hoc reporting, troubleshooting and analysis when required
• Provide support to GBS with the completion of the Abacus reporting packs
• Act as focal point for day-to-day FI/CO enquiries from GBS
• Assist with the development of local management reports
• Prepare backup info for External
• Position will be Stone based minimum 3 days per week