Accounts Payable

About This Role

This role involves overseeing the Accounts Payable function for UK incorporated SMEs, working closely with management to ensure all duties are carried out professionally and in accordance with regulatory and company standards. The position requires a detail-oriented individual to maintain efficient AP transactions and support the accounting team.

Responsibilities

• Review and verify invoices and checking requests from relevant parties
• Ensure invoices are coded to correct departments and purchase lines and uploaded into relevant accounting systems
• Prepare and perform payment runs as per relevant parties' instructions, where required
• Post payment transactions to ledgers once complete and ensure banks are reconciled within the accounting systems
• Maintain vendor files
• Communicate with relevant parties where appropriate and respond to inquiries
• Perform accounting and clerical tasks related to the efficient maintenance and processing of accounts payable transactions
• Reconcile accounting records to bank statements, reconcile supplier statements to ledger accounts and monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date
• Review, when required, the output of the Accounts Payable team

Requirements

• Knowledge and basic understanding of general accounting ideas such as VAT
• Proficient in data entry, working to multiple tight deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail
• Fluency in English is required (both verbal and written)
• Ability to organize and prioritize
• Good communication skills
• Business risk aware
• Client service and results focused
• Ability to use own initiative with minimal supervision
• Team player with willingness to assist others and a willingness to learn

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of relevant accounting software

Benefits

• Genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding global business and to grow with the business
• Training environment which is second to none
• Access to the apprenticeship scheme to pursue a relevant professional qualification
• Ability to apply technical knowledge to practical scenarios

About the Company

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world's largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. We are represented by over 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.