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FNH UK provides solutions for weapon design, production and mounting requirements for Infantry, AFV, and Naval platforms.

FNH UK originally traded as Manroy Engineering Limited which was formed in 1975 to support the spares requirements of the British Army.
Since July 2014 it has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Belgium-based small arms manufacturer FN Herstal, S.A., in September 2017 the Company changed its name to FNH UK becoming more embedding into the Herstal Group of Companies.

We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Administrator to cover 1 years maternity leave, you will be expected to work full time, and commit to the whole term of the contract period.

Job Description

The Accounts Payable Controller is responsible for supplier and employee expenses processing, including payments within the company. Ensuring invoices and accompanying payment requests are complete in compliance with the requirements of the Company’s financial policies and procedures.

Duties will include, but not limited to:
• Review and verify invoices and their accompanying payment requests to ensure compliance to Company policies and procedures.
• Prepare invoice batches and posting them to the accounts payable financial information system on a daily basis to ensure payments are processed in time for the weekly deadlines.
• Retrieve and match the invoices to the payment register
• Prepare supplier and expenses payment runs for authorisation by Senior Management.
• Ensure that all payments are processed following authorisation.
• Ensure that reimbursements are in line with the policies and procedures applicable to the type of expenditure.
• Ensure that reimbursements are properly approved.
• Oversee the distribution of cheques and BACS payments.
• Creates supplier records in the financial information system.
• Processing of employee expense claims to ensure accuracy and completeness of justification, both in relation to Company policies and procedures.
• Responds to inquiries from suppliers, consultants and clients regarding the status of their payments.
• Reconciliation of monthly supplier statements and resolving discrepancies.
• Provide cover for other accounting functions as requested
• Processing employee overtime.
• Assisting in Month End Balance Sheet Reconciliations.
• Reconciling Intercompany transactions.
• Assisting in reconciling Company Credit Card transactions.
• Processing Direct Debit applications.
• Investigating and reconciling ERP queries.
• Processing Compliance Reports. VAT reconciliation and National Statistics.
• Bank Reconciliation.
• Reconciling Petty Cash.
• Other duties as delegated from time to time by the Finance Director or any other person designated in their absence

Essential Skills
• Able to demonstrate experience of working in an accounts payable department
• Knowledge of export market, not essential.
• Familiar with accounts procedures, payable ledgers and office accounts
• Possess a good understanding of Excel, Word, SAGE and e-mail
• Experience of dealing with clients at all levels
• Ability to manage & prioritise an extensive workload
• Excellent communication skills at all levels
• Good keyboard skills and competence of Word, Excel and Outlook are required
• High standard of numeracy, accuracy with attention to detail
• A team player with a flexible approach and a willingness to learn
• Outgoing and confident personality who is able to operate at all levels
• A self-starter who can set and achieve goals
• Strong organisational & time management skills
• Ability to recognise potential risks to the Company that should be escalated