Accounts Assistant - Accounts Payable

Contract: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Dates: 16 March for 6 weeks
Rate: £140 per day
Location: London (hybrid working)

About the role

We are working with a community-focused organisation in London to recruit an Accounts Assistant (Accounts Payable) to join a small, collaborative finance team. This role plays a key part in ensuring supplier invoices are processed accurately and on time, supporting the production of reliable monthly management accounts and maintaining strong supplier relationships.

You will be part of a finance team of five, providing financial control and operational support across a multi-entity organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices daily, matching to purchase orders and accurately posting to the finance system

• Reconcile supplier statements monthly, ensuring completeness and accuracy of the purchase ledger

• Chase suppliers for missing invoices or refunds relating to debit balances

• Maintain clean supplier accounts, ensuring all transactions are correctly allocated

• Prepare and process regular BACS payment runs in line with agreed payment terms

• Process employee expenses promptly and accurately

• Review creditor aged reports regularly, resolving long-outstanding items or disputes

• Identify and manage prepayments, providing clear information to support month-end close

• Reconcile utilities and property-related accounts, ensuring invoices are based on actual readings

• Follow documented accounts payable processes and internal controls at all times

• Support the finance team with ad hoc tasks as required

Person Specification

• Previous experience working in a purchase ledger / accounts payable role

• Strong understanding of accruals and prepayments

• Experience managing the end-to-end purchase ledger process, including BACS runs

• Comfortable processing 250-350 invoices per month

• Experience reconciling supplier accounts

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail

• Confident communicator with strong interpersonal skills

• Able to work to deadlines in a busy environment

• Self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a team

• Willingness to undertake routine and repetitive tasks with care and accuracy

• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office

Please reach out today for more information if you're available for this contract.