A Global Private Equity firm based in the West End is looking for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join their Head Office Team on a maternity cover basis.

Reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager the Accounts Payable Assistant will be responsible for:

• Receiving and organising supplier invoices
• Using the approvals to assist in validating the deal-related purchase invoices with the investment professionals that have requested the work
• Reviewing the deal codes with the deal codes list, if assistance is required query about the deal codes with the investment professionals
• Using the approvals to assist in validating the non-deal related purchase invoices with the appropriate teams, managers and fund heads
• Reviewing and checking the payment approval selections are the relevant authorised persons
• Sending the payments to the bank by observing the regular office and supplier's payment deadlines
• Reviewing the banks and record related payments in the accounting software
• Completing entity responsibilities for period-ends within set deadlines
• Bank & Payment runs
• Preparing priority payments in the online banking portal
• Running the regional entity's pay cycles
• Complete supplier set up and reviews of new supplier requests and modification of profiles
• Expense reporting

You will have:

• Basic knowledge of accounting principles
• Strong organisational and detail-oriented skills
• Excellent communication skills - both written and oral
• A strong sense of responsibility
• GCSE A*-C Maths (or equivalent) required
• A-Level or Higher Education Qualifications preferable

Ideal Candidate

• Financial Services experience
• Prior knowledge of Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise
• Prior knowledge of SAP products