Finance Officer - Payables

Our client, one of the largest housing providers in the South of England, is currently recruiting for a Finance Assistant - Payables. The role is to start as soon as possible on a six month fixed term contract and the client is offering a annual salary of £27,000 per annum. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of two years’ experience working within a Finance background, able to work in a high-volume transaction environment. Duties will include (but not limited to): * Processing 500 invoices on a weekly basis with values of up to £1 million, both manually and electronically on the finance * Checking through and maintaining correct information for existing suppliers on the system * Responsible for assigning suppliers their own URN for them to quote on to all invoices raised for specific construction schemes * Allocating PO numbers to be quoted on invoices raised by suppliers * Investigating and resolving matching discrepancies, including incorrect pricing and lack of correct PO numbers being quoted * Chasing line managers for approval to pay invoices in particular on receipt of the monthly supplier statements and following their reconciliation * Scheduling and preparing the (weekly/bi weekly) payment run via BACS, FP, CHAPS and manual cheque, in excess of millions * Issuing remittances stating payment amount, payment due date and the numbers of invoices included in the payment ...