Accounts Payable Clerk, Leeds, Up to £32k
| Posting date: | 22 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,000.0 to £35,000.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | up to £32k |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 September 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4DL |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4726642_1758544897 |
Summary
We're seeking a detail-oriented Accounts Payable professional to join a leading firm. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, intellectually stimulating environment, supporting financial operations that underpin innovative services.
Your New Role:
- Receive purchase invoices and cheque requests and process invoices and cheque requests, ensuring that the authorisation process is followed in accordance with specific deadlines.
- Input all supplier invoices into the Accounting system, ensuring that account codes, discounts, and payment terms (etc.) are correct.
- Upload disbursements
- Process bank and BACS payments to suppliers and send remittance advice.
- Input all bank payment entries
- Reconciliation of supplier accounts
- Respond to questions and makes calls regarding supplier invoicing problems; acts as a liaison between departments and suppliers where appropriate.
- Check bank accounts to ensure funds are available for purchases.
- Reconciliation of bank accounts on a monthly basis
- Petty cash management
What you'll need to succeed
- 2 years' experience in an accounts clerk or similar financial role, ideally within a professional services environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly when liaising with various stakeholder groups
- A detail-oriented approach and a proactive, "can-do" attitude
- A collaborative mindset, with proven ability to work effectively within a team and across departments
- Strong multitasking and time management skills, with a consistent track record of meeting deadlines
- A positive attitude - this client values individuals who are driven, eager to learn, and committed to personal growth and team contribution.
- Solid IT skills
What you'll get in return
- Standard working hours are 09.00-17.30 or 08.30- 17.00
- Central location - a short walk to the bus / train station or park & ride
- Private Medical Insurance
- Hybrid working (3 days office-based)
- Excellent onboarding & training
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