Accounts Payable Clerk

Job Description

Main Purpose of the Job

The role of the Accounts Payable Clerk is to process transactions as accurately and effectively as possible. This includes:

• Entering invoices onto computer systems

• Matching invoices to purchase orders and querying variances

• Checking invoices for accuracy, VAT treatment and payment terms

• Processing expense claims via an online system

• Obtaining valid internal authorisation for transactions

• Monitoring finance inbox queries and invoice printing

• Ensuring invoices are correctly coded in the general ledger

• Arranging payment of foreign currency invoices

• Collecting, distributing and scanning post

• Creating new standing data e.g. supplier accounts

• Updating records of standing data

• Routine accounting controls

• Extracting information from ledgers

• Processing payment runs <...