Senior Accounts Payable Assistant - rhubarb Head Office (Southfields, SW18) - 8 month Maternity cover starting January 2022

We are a luxury food business with over 20 years’ experience. We manage and run Sky Garden which houses two restaurants; Darwin Brasserie and Fenchurch, and two bars.  We also cater for over 600 fabulous private events a year that take place in the UK and abroad. We run the beautiful Gallery Mess at Saatchi Gallery as well as Pilots Bar and Kitchen and the American Airlines Executive Lounges at Heathrow Airport.  Alongside all of this we also proudly manage the hospitality catering for Royal Ascot Racing Club, Goodwood and the Royal Albert Hall.
We now have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Accounts Payable Assistant to join our finance team on an 8 month maternity cover contract, based at our Head Office in South West London.
Although this is an 8 month maternity cover contract, we are a growing business and so there is always potential for the role to develop and for the opportunity to transfer in to a permanent position.

Job role:
To provide financial, clerical and general administrative services to Head Office Finance function.
Main duties and responsibilities:

Finance Tasks

Monthly statement reconciliations both on paper and in excel.
Assisting AP Manager with ad hoc month end tasks.
Seeking internal approval for specific supplier accounts.
Clearing down suspense accounts on accounting software.
Uploading and allocating invoices on web based invoice software, approximately. 500 per week.
Batching PO’s to invoice
Assisting with regular payment runs setting up both BACS and cheques payments.
Send remittances to suppliers
Updating daily payment request log
Responding to finance queries via telephone and email.
Assisting with staff expenses including helping to improve and refine the process.
Support AP Manager with year end audit
Ad hoc tasks requested by the FC or CFO and senior management team.

Administration Tasks

Opening and distributing daily post
Filing all processed invoices and bank payments for audit purposes.
Processing new supplier forms ensuring all information is correct and signed off.
Support in process improvement tasks

Salary and Benefits

Salary of £23,000 per annum, pro-rata
Exceptional opportunity for personal training and development.
Internal transfer and promotion opportunities.
Food and Beverage discount across the group.
Meals on duty
Pension scheme
Cycle Scheme
Childcare voucher scheme
Employee assistance helpline

Eligibility
In line with the requirements of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process.