Accounts Payable Officer - Interim

Spencer Clarke Group are working closely with a Local Authority in South London to appoint two Interim Accounts Payable Officers to support the accurate processing and reconciliation of funding and supplier payments to schools.

What's on Offer

Rate: £18.85 PAYE / £24.54 Umbrella per hour
Contract length: 3 months initially / ongoing
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Hybrid working: 2 days per week onsite in South London
Start: ASAP

The Role

The successful candidates will support the Council's education finance function, ensuring school funding and supplier payments are processed accurately and within agreed timescales.

Key responsibilities:

• Processing funding and supplier payments to schools.
• Reconciling accounts and investigating payment discrepancies.
• Maintaining accurate financial records and payment schedules.
• Responding to queries from schools and internal stakeholders.
• Updating and maintaining financial information on SAP.
• Supporting Excel-based reporting and finance administration.
• Ensuring compliance with financial procedures and audit requirements.

About You

You will ideally have:

• At least two years' experience within Accounts Payable or transactional finance.
• Previous experience working within a Local Authority, school or education environment.
• At least one year's experience using SAP.
• Intermediate Excel skills, including formulas and data management.
• Strong reconciliation, organisational and communication skills.
• Experience processing high volumes of financial transactions.

How to Apply

If you are interested, please submit your CV along with your required hourly rate.

If successful, a consultant will be in touch to discuss further details.

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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