Interim Accounts Payable Officer

Interim Accounts Payable Officer

Location: Near Camden Town, London
Pay rate: £19–£22 per hour (umbrella)
Contract: Interim, full-time, initially 6 weeks
Working pattern: Hybrid, 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home

About the Role

 Accounts Payable Officer for an initial six-week interim assignment with a busy charity supporting vulnerable women and children.

This is a hands-on role within a collaborative finance team, offering an opportunity to contribute to an organisation delivering vital services to people affected by abuse and disadvantage.

You will play an important role in ensuring supplier accounts are accurate, invoices are processed efficiently, and payment queries are resolved promptly.

Key Responsibilities

• Processing and managing a high volume of supplier invoices, approximately 100 per week.
• Completing supplier statement reconciliations and investigating discrepancies.
• Preparing and processing payment runs.
• Managing accounts payable queries from staff and suppliers.
• Investigating outstanding and aged balances, ensuring issues are followed up and resolved.
• Communicating professionally with suppliers regarding unreconciled balances and outstanding queries.
• Taking ownership of tasks and ensuring actions are completed in a timely manner.
• Supporting the wider finance team with day-to-day accounts payable activities.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• At least 3 years’ experience in an Accounts Payable role.
• Strong experience in supplier reconciliations and resolving discrepancies.
• Experience processing high volumes of invoices and supporting payment runs.
• Good accounting knowledge and a strong understanding of accounts payable processes.
• Excellent IT skills and confidence using finance systems.
• A proactive approach, with the initiative to investigate issues, follow up outstanding queries and take ownership of your workload.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy finance environment.

Experience using Xledger would be advantageous. Previous charity or not-for-profit experience is welcome but not essential.

If you have strong accounts payable experience, excellent attention to detail and a proactive, hands-on approach, we would love to hear from you.