Accounts Payable Specialist

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Job Title: Accounts Payable

Location: Alloa, Stirling

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Salary: £24,000-27,000

AJ Connect is delighted to be working with an award-winning medical technology company to appoint an integral accounts payable position.

The award-winning medical technology company, revolutionise the way microwave energy is used in healthcare. Their aim is to improve on traditional treatments, using the unique advantages microwaves deliver – accurate, repeatable procedures, and better clinical outcomes.

This role will play an integral part in ensuring our products reach our customers and senior management have the information needed to run the business efficiently and effectively.

The growth of the business will ensure a varied role daily and provide opportunities to get to know colleagues in all areas of the business, including those in other parts of the world as they join the team. This will make for an engaging role with plenty of challenge and scope for learning and development

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Lead execution of day-to-day accounting processes for accounts payable, including generating PO’s on the finance system, processing goods received notes and processing supplier invoices.
• Support the company’s expense reimbursement through the processing of credit card and personal expense claims.
• Take an active role in supporting the role out of new systems which will play a key role in delivering process efficiencies for the finance team. These system changes include a new ERP system, business expenses system, automation of the purchase ordering process and invoice automation software.
• Preparation of the fortnightly payment run to ensure suppliers are paid accurately and on-time.
• Support our month end reporting process to provide insight on the performance of the business.
• Assist with the preparation of critical UK tax returns including the quarterly VAT and Inward Processing Relief (IPR) return.
• Collecting the cost information to allow us to claim the grant funding which is being made available to us.
• Undertaking bank reconciliations to ensure we understand our cash movements daily.
• Supporting the annual external audit process

Skills and Experience

• Proficiency in MS Office with particular focus on Excel.
• Good problem-solving skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple deliverables.
• Ability to demonstrate good accounting knowledge from previous roles in finance teams
• Able to collaborate with peers and can bring their own voice to the table.

Benefits

• Pension.: Automatic enrolment into the pension scheme and Life Assurance Scheme
• 3% Employers contribution.
• Annual Leave: 33 days per annum inclusive of bank and public holidays. Our business is closed for between 5-7 days over Xmas and these days are deducted from this allowance
• Hours of Work: 40 per week.
• Working Arrangements: 4x days per week in the office (Alloa then Stirling), Core Hours each day of 10am to 4pm (Monday to Thursday), 40 hours per week can be organised to allow for a midday finish on a Friday.