Accounts Payable Administrator (Group Finance)

Recons that balance and suppliers who get paid right: that's the job at a construction contractor in Worcester. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is Worcester-based, with most of your time spent at a construction contractor.

• Update customer credit limits and put accounts on hold when needed
• Post month-end journals for accruals, prepayments and depreciation
• Capture supplier invoices and customer receipts on Sage or Xero
• Match orders, delivery notes and invoices before a payment goes out
• Keep the filing system in order for the annual audit or review
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and clear unallocated items

• Accurate with figures and careful with supplier bank details
• Good with Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables and simple formulas
• At least 2 years of hands-on bookkeeping or clerk work
• Practical skill in Sage Pastel, Sage Business Cloud or Xero
• Matric with Accounting
• Bookkeeping certificate or diploma (ICB, FASSET learnership or similar)

• Thirteenth cheque at many small firms
• Paid study leave for bookkeeping exams
• Hybrid work after probation at some practices
• Office hours with no weekend work

• Recruiters often give a short Excel or recon test, so practise a bank recon before the interview.
• Say how far you take the books, for example "to trial balance" or "to management accounts"; it tells recruiters your level.