Finance Assistant - Accounts Payable

About Us

Everyone at Western Power Distribution works as one team, with passion and purpose, trust and togetherness, to underpin everyday life.

When you join us, you become a part of our 6,500 plus strong team of professional, clerical and administrative staff looking after our extensive electricity distribution network, serving 7.8 million customers in the Midlands, South Wales and South West.

We know that our people are at the heart of our success and work hard to create a purposeful working environment which everyone can be a part of.

Job Introduction

An opportunity has arisen to join the Accounts Payable Team on a 12 months temporary basis.  This is an outstanding opportunity to undertake a role within the Accounts Payable Team that aims to deliver a professional service both internally and externally. 

Main Responsibilities

• The processing and checking of invoice documentation, including undertaking statutory checks for VAT.
• Communicating with the Business representatives and external Customers verbally and in writing to resolve enquiries and outstanding invoice and payment queries
• Investigating statements, queries and obtaining credit notes from Suppliers for pricing errors or short deliveries
• The operation, administration and understanding of numerous transaction processes and payment procedures for Suppliers, Corporate & Procurement card schemes, Wayleaves, Non Orders and Foreign Payments.
• Payment transaction administration for BACS and cheques.
• Adherence to reporting, control and reconciliation procedures.

The Ideal Candidate

You must have previous experience working in a similar high volume processing environment and have the diplomacy and communication skills to manage customer relationships, both in writing and verbally.  You should have good interpersonal skills, be self-confident and also have the ability to work unsupervised, in a team environment and be able to priorities tasks to ensure that deadlines are achieved. 

Knowledge of Accounts Payable procedures would be advantageous as would awareness of associated Statutory requirements and compliances.  In addition you should be computer literate and have experience of Microsoft Office.