Accounts Payable Officer in Gravesend, Kent

Accounts Payable Officer - Gravesend - Permanent - £Negotiable

ARM are delighted to be working with One of the UK's leading ports. The Accounts Payable Officer is a permanent role based in Gravesend, offering hybrid working.

In this role, you will be part of the Accounts Payable team and will be supporting the Financial Operations Manager.

Responsibilities:
* Analyse invoices for all the many varied procurement types before input to the computerised system matching invoices
* Prepare cash book records, reconcile with bank statements to ensure completeness and accuracy of recorded transactions and produce month end cash reports and interest accruals.
* Check on the daily level of surplus/deficit funds for each entity and take action as necessary.
* Determine the daily level of surplus funds for the group available for overnight or longer-term investment and liaise with Treasury Agents accordingly.
* Participation in future system developments with special regard to the payment of suppliers contributing to the provision of a more efficient end-to-end service.
* Support the Finance Department Management team to produce annual accounts
* Achieve the timely production of any tax and statistical returns to comply with statutory legislation.

Requirements:
* Qualified AAT Bookkeeper (AATQB) with 2 years' experience of management and financial accounting
* A sound working knowledge of PLA's activities and procedures including the Accounts Code Book and the Delegations of Authority
* Good understanding of PLA's computerised systems including Agresso/Unit 4 business world and advanced Excel spreadsheet skills
* Good standard of numeracy / literacy
* The ability to communicate at all levels of management both internally and especially externally.

This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions.

Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.