We have an immediate opportunity for a proactive, motivated and detail-oriented Accounts Payable Assistant to join our multinational clients finance shared service team, based in Shannon, Co. Clare on initial 6 months with opportunity to extend for the right candidate.
Ideal candidate will be an efficient Accounts Payable Assistant to help transform the management and operation of accounts payable function. Person will report into the Finance Shared Services Manager but work closely with the wider finance team and procurement teams.
Duties and tasks:
- Efficiently process invoices from local, group, and foreign suppliers using our Scan-to-Pay tool and ERP
- Investigate and resolve queries from internal stakeholders and suppliers with a professional manner
- Prepare and process payment runs for upload to the relevant banking platforms
- Proactively review the receipt not vouched account to ensure that it remains current
- Responsible for month end activities such as balance sheet reconciliations
- Complete supplier reconciliations and resolve any discrepancies arising from them
- Forecast weekly cash flow requirements and submit to the Treasury team
- Assist with year end audit queries and support the finance team and wider business with ad-hoc tasks
- Support supplier payment onboarding and maintenance of supplier banking details
- Proactively suggest process improvement and contribute to improvement projects
- Support the Accounts Receivable team members on posting receipts
- Comply with Group procedures including Health & Safety
Criteria skills
- Experience working in a global environment with multiple deadlines essential
- Strong knowledge of Excel and experience with Copilot highly advantageous
- Experience of working in a high volume accounts payable team or shared service team advantageous
- A positive, proactive can-do attitude essential
- Thrives on using attention to detail and high standards to identify problems and implement effective solutions
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - ability to work with global colleagues and stakeholders at all levels and disciplines in person and virtually
- Must have authorisation to work in EU.
To apply for this position, please email your cv in confidence to nuala.mcmahon@eflexes.com or call 086 6033772 to chat through details.