Do you have experience of working in Accounts Payable? We are recruiting for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the finance team.  

As an Accounts Payable Assistant, you’ll play a crucial role in maintaining accuracy and efficiency of when processing payments. From processing invoices and reconciling supplier statements to managing payment runs and resolving queries, your work will ensure the smooth flow of transactions across the firm. You'll join a collaborative team environment where you'll develop your expertise in a structured and supportive setting.

As the Accounts Payable Assistant, you will:

• Processing of all computer input to the accounts system, including Requisition slips, Nominal Receipts/Payments, Receipt Slips, Transfer Requests and Inter Account Transfers etc.
• Production and distribution of computer and manual cheques for all office and client accounts.
• General Operations team filing (Month end financial boxes etc)
• Operation of the purchase ledger, including entry of invoices, reconciliation of suppliers' statements, resolution of supplier queries and preparation of monthly/weekly BACS and cheque runs.
• Posting and payment of in-house expense payments on demand
• Purchase Ledger queries & inputting & filing purchase ledger invoices.

We are looking for:

• Have previous experience within Accounts Payable, Purchase Ledger or similar finance roles.
• Experience working within a finance team, ideally within professional services or a legal environment.
• Strong attention to detail, and ability to prioritise tasks based on importance and urgency.
• Have sufficient IT knowledge of Microsoft programmes, with a particular focus on Excel.
• Build strong working relationships with colleagues across multiple departments, and be able to communicate confidently both verbally and written.

Some of our benefits include:

• Salary reflective of experience.
• Earn up to 10% of your salary with our annual bonus scheme.
• Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service, with the opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme, and we'll contribute a minimum of 6% of your salary. 
• 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.

Find out more about working at Walker Morris here.

Company Values

Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us.  They define who we are as a Firm, as an employer and what we expect of our people.  They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take.  It’s really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities:

• Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.
• You can be serious without wearing a suit.
• Never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Two heads are better than one.
• Take the bull by the horns.
• We win & lose together.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity. Click here to find out more about our diversity and inclusion work. 

If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to ask. We are a Disability Confident employer.