Accounts Payable Assistant

Location:

Bath Row, Birmingham, B15 1LZ

Salary:

£18,933 per annum

Hours:

35 hours per week

Contract Type:

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date:

05/03/2019

This vacancy has now expired, and is not accepting any new applications.

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The Role

Ready to take your accounts payable career to the next level within a sector leading organisation that values and develops talented people? Joining us as an Accounts Payable Assistant you’ll use your accounts payable experience to contribute towards the success of a fast-paced team and in return, we’ll provide you with the opportunity to develop in your role whilst gaining exposure to our wider finance function. 

Reporting to our Accounts Payable Manager you’ll play a key role in the team with responsibilities including ensuring accurate and timely processing of purchase ledger documentation and payments, preparing for the generation of weekly payments on both BACS and cheques, as well as responding to customer queries; ensuring all issues are investigated, resolved and/or escalated on a timely basis.

Who are Midland Heart? We’re a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we’re here to develop your potential.

Our ideal candidate? We’re seeking an individual with high-volume accounts payable experience and a sound knowledge of financial systems. You should be highly organised, with the ability to prioritise your own workload and work to own initiative with minimum supervision. With responsibility for handling a broad range of accounts payable queries, excellent communication, relationship building and stakeholder management skills are essential to ensuring a high quality service is provided to customers and all queries are resolved in a timely manner. Importantly, you’ll demonstrate a desire to grow and develop your career to enhance your own experience and add as much value to our organisation as possible.  

Interested? To apply please register on our candidate portal and submit a detailed CV setting out your career history with a cover letter of no more than 2 pages which clearly explains how you think you meet the requirements of this role and which demonstrates your career achievements.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Tuesday 5th March 2019.

Recruitment Agencies please note that we do not accept speculative CVs and should one be submitted, we will assume the candidate is our own.