Accounts Payable Assistant

An expanding business with a long history of success is currently recruiting for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join their friendly Finance team in Leighton Buzzard. This role will be based in the office for 5 days per week. The Accounts Payable Assistant will support the Finance function by handling all aspects of the purchase ledger, including but not limited to: Key responsibilities of the Accounts Payable Assistant role: * Manage, setup and process recurring expenditure * Enter approved supplier invoices, ensuring that they have been approved through purchase orders * Supplier statement reconciliation * Handle supplier queries * Manage petty cash and credit cards * Expense claims * Handle subcontractor purchase orders and payments * Enter CIS invoices ensuring relevant statutory dates are applied * Submit monthly CIS returns to HMRC * Provide monthly and annual CIS statements to subcontractors. * Reconcile creditors at month end * Prepare Monthly payment Run and BACs payment * Send remittances to all suppliers paid * Download bank transactions daily Key skills/experience required for the Accounts Payable Assistant: * Experience of a minimum of 2 years working within an accounts payable/purchase ledger role * Excellent Microsoft Office experience This is a great opportunity for someone to join an established and successful Finance team as their Accounts Payable Assistant