Accounting Assistant

Accounting Assistant
Location: London
Length: 9 Months
Rate: From £138.58 - £149.44
Hours: 9am-6pm
This client is a top 5 tech giant with a global retail operation, video streaming platform, and has a big imprint in web services. This is a hybrid role, so you will split your time between home office and the clients offices in central London. On-site you will be able to access their amazing facilities and quirky working spaces.
An Overview:
As part of this role you will be supporting the AM team by handling payments for UK PARP partners. Will need to review and approve payments for invoices, Resolve queries from partners regarding invoices and payment, raise manual invoices for single site vendors or multi-site vendors, reconcile supplier accounts, resolve bank payment status queries, Refund/Credit Request Resolutions, upload rate card &  Kiosk mapping, Rent File Adjustments, and backing up data completion
This organisation needs one dedicated resource to perform the entire payment process, liaising with different stakeholders and, if necessary, engaging with partners via email. The current process involves the following workstreams. The resource will not be tied to a specific project but will be working on day to day activities related to payments. As the communication will be with the wider team, learning and understanding about other teams within the PARP team is a big advantage. One day at office is a minimum requirement. This will help meeting the team face-to-face and help to discuss and resolve/understand the requirements faster. In the past, we have certainly approved the extension.
Job description: 
1. Self-Billing Platform: The platform requires personnel to on-board new partners onto the organisation, process kiosk mapping via salesforce and LOHU, upload rate cards for new and existing partners and processing rent adjustments for missed payments and resolve issues related to missed invoice generation.
2. Manual Invoicing Process: Resolving queries related to invoices sent from partners, verifying locker details and site locations and ensuring compliance between the contract and the manual invoiced raised so that payments are processed in a timely manner. Assisting single site partners with manual invoices when they have issues raising their own invoices.
3. Payee/Partner central management responsibilities: Sending invitations to partners to onboard onto payee central, if not on self-billing. Training, guiding and educating payees in using the portal. (Appendix to be added for all EU5 countries)
4. Liaising with Accounts payable: Reviewing and approving payments for invoices received, assisting with creature finance approvals, reconciling supplier accounts and coordinating refund and credit requests. Resolving vendor queries regarding non-payments.
5. Monthly reporting for Finance/Partners: Producing rent reports, business rates reports and other ad-hoc data as per internal and external stakeholder requests
Candidate Requirements
-  Finance background Should have 3-5 years of corporate experience, ideally in a fast- paced environment.
- Experience working with partners on regular payments Proactive communication with partners
-  Salesforce knowledge
- Microsoft Excel Oracle