Accounts Payable Assistant

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Accounts Payable Assistant Salary : Competitive Hours : 35 per week (part time also considered) Location : Warwick Contract : Permanent Department : Finance Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, working with thousands of schools in the UK and Ireland every year to inspire children to read for pleasure through its Book Fairs and Book Clubs programmes. Scholastic provides trusted resources and support to teachers through its Educational publishing arm and is also the home to children's authors and illustrators including Philip Pullman, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler and series including The Hunger Games, Captain Underpants and Horrible Histories. We are looking for a highly capable communicator with excellent attention to detail to Contribute to the smooth running of the accounts payable ledger. Liaising internally throughout all departments within the business to manage supplier accounts you will also be in constant contact with external suppliers and responsible for reconciliation of supplier statements. Assisting by logging and processing supplier invoices and matching against purchase orders, you will attend weekly/monthly meetings to assist in departmental projects and undertake any ad hoc work related to the accounts payable function as deemed appropriate to the role. An excellent communicator both verbally and written, you will have obvious customer service and people skills alongside excellent numeracy and IT skills to include Microsoft Office. Familiarity with NetSuite would also be an advantage although not compulsory. Organised and confident in your ability to make decisions and problem solve you will offer a high degree of accuracy in all aspects of the role working productively in a sometimes pressured environment with tight deadlines. Ultimately this is a role for an analytical thinker able to get to the heart of sometimes complex issues to deliver the required solutions utilising their excellent customer service skills. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you. To apply, please email your CV and cover letter and quoting Job Reference Number 10.26 We are an inclusive organisation and recognise the need for change and a more equal society. We welcome applications from any background and characteristic.

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