Account Payable Assistant
- Employer
- Lloyd's
- Location
- Chatham, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Dec 29, 2024
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- Job Function
- Accounting/Audit/Tax
- Industry Sector
- Finance - General
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Education
- Bachelors
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Lloyd's is the world's leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace. We share the collective intelligence and risk sharing expertise of the market's brightest minds, working together for a braver world.
Our role is to inspire courage, so tomorrow's progress isn't limited by today's risks.
Our shared values: we are brave; we are stronger together; we do the right thing; guide what we do and how we act. If you share our values and our passion to build a future that's more sustainable, resilient and inclusive, you'll find a home at Lloyd's - build a braver future with us.
Reporting to the Manager, Accounts Payable & Expense, this role is to work as part of the Accounts Payable & Expense team to provide a quality service to all our branches and suppliers, ensuring that all relevant controls are maintained
The Role
• To ensure that all accounts payable processes are carried out in an accurate, timely and efficient
manner. This includes registering / processing of invoices, credit notes, reconciling statements
and that the regular payment runs for the UK and Overseas are processed in accordance with
the schedule.
• To perform the monthly reconciliations of the balance sheet control accounts.
• To manage the authorisation rules as dictated by Council and ensure that the systems authorities
appropriately reflect these rules.
• To maintain the accounts payable elements of Workday ensuring a high class service to the
Corporation, Overseas and our suppliers. This includes ensuring all supplier banking details are
maintained correctly, payment types are correct and appropriate bank templates are created
• To perform all expense processes to ensure that they are carried out in an accurate, timely and
efficient manner. This includes ensuring that the regular payment runs for the UK and Overseas
are processed in a timely manner and includes working with procurement / tax to determine any
system rules required within Workday.
• To ensure controls are maintained to facilitate accurate, timely and efficient processing.
• To perform the review and update of all procedure manuals to ensure that they are appropriate
and fit for purpose and where appropriate published and made available to employees across the
corporation
• To ensure, where necessary that local taxes are recorded appropriately, deducted from invoices,
reconciles and paid in a timely manner. Ensuring no detriment to the Lloyd's brand.
• Maintain all systems to the relevant standard, ensuring any upgrades are fully tested
• Train and provide assistance where required to Corporation departments and branches
• Ability to provide support across other Finance Operations teams as required
Skills
• Understand business requirements with ability to analyse and generate pragmatic solutions.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
• Work independently within agreed procedures and practices.
Knowledge
• Should either be studying towards a recognised Accounting qualification or have a qualification
by experience
Experience
• Implementing of new processes and systems.
• Interest in developing an in-depth understanding of the data, processes, and systems as they
relate to the role.
• Experience of working to multiple fixed deadlines.
• Experience of stakeholder engagement.
Diversity and inclusion are a focus for us - Lloyd's aim is to build a diverse, inclusive environment that reflects the global markets we work in. One where everyone is treated with dignity and respect to achieve their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making workplace adjustments, we offer regular health and wellbeing programmes, diversity and inclusion training, employee networks, mentoring and volunteering opportunities as well as investment into your professional development. You can read more about diversity and inclusion on our website.
We understand that our work/life balance is important to us all and that a hybrid of working from the office and home can offer a great level of flexibility. Flexible working forms part of a total reward approach which offers a host of other benefits over and above the standard offering (generous pension, healthcare, wellbeing etc). These include financial support for training, education & development, a benefit allowance (to spend on our flexible benefits such as gym membership, dental insurance, extra holiday or to partake in our cycle to work scheme), employee recognition scheme and various employee discount schemes.
By choosing Lloyd's, you'll be part of a team that brings together the best minds in the industry, and together with our underwriters and brokers, we create innovative, responsive solutions allowing us to share risk and solve complex problems.
Should you require any additional support with your application, or any adjustments, please click the following link;
https://cleartalents.com/apply/lloyds-msa1645695881
Please note, clicking on this link does not register your application for the vacancy
Our role is to inspire courage, so tomorrow's progress isn't limited by today's risks.
Our shared values: we are brave; we are stronger together; we do the right thing; guide what we do and how we act. If you share our values and our passion to build a future that's more sustainable, resilient and inclusive, you'll find a home at Lloyd's - build a braver future with us.
Reporting to the Manager, Accounts Payable & Expense, this role is to work as part of the Accounts Payable & Expense team to provide a quality service to all our branches and suppliers, ensuring that all relevant controls are maintained
The Role
• To ensure that all accounts payable processes are carried out in an accurate, timely and efficient
manner. This includes registering / processing of invoices, credit notes, reconciling statements
and that the regular payment runs for the UK and Overseas are processed in accordance with
the schedule.
• To perform the monthly reconciliations of the balance sheet control accounts.
• To manage the authorisation rules as dictated by Council and ensure that the systems authorities
appropriately reflect these rules.
• To maintain the accounts payable elements of Workday ensuring a high class service to the
Corporation, Overseas and our suppliers. This includes ensuring all supplier banking details are
maintained correctly, payment types are correct and appropriate bank templates are created
• To perform all expense processes to ensure that they are carried out in an accurate, timely and
efficient manner. This includes ensuring that the regular payment runs for the UK and Overseas
are processed in a timely manner and includes working with procurement / tax to determine any
system rules required within Workday.
• To ensure controls are maintained to facilitate accurate, timely and efficient processing.
• To perform the review and update of all procedure manuals to ensure that they are appropriate
and fit for purpose and where appropriate published and made available to employees across the
corporation
• To ensure, where necessary that local taxes are recorded appropriately, deducted from invoices,
reconciles and paid in a timely manner. Ensuring no detriment to the Lloyd's brand.
• Maintain all systems to the relevant standard, ensuring any upgrades are fully tested
• Train and provide assistance where required to Corporation departments and branches
• Ability to provide support across other Finance Operations teams as required
Skills
• Understand business requirements with ability to analyse and generate pragmatic solutions.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
• Work independently within agreed procedures and practices.
Knowledge
• Should either be studying towards a recognised Accounting qualification or have a qualification
by experience
Experience
• Implementing of new processes and systems.
• Interest in developing an in-depth understanding of the data, processes, and systems as they
relate to the role.
• Experience of working to multiple fixed deadlines.
• Experience of stakeholder engagement.
Diversity and inclusion are a focus for us - Lloyd's aim is to build a diverse, inclusive environment that reflects the global markets we work in. One where everyone is treated with dignity and respect to achieve their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making workplace adjustments, we offer regular health and wellbeing programmes, diversity and inclusion training, employee networks, mentoring and volunteering opportunities as well as investment into your professional development. You can read more about diversity and inclusion on our website.
We understand that our work/life balance is important to us all and that a hybrid of working from the office and home can offer a great level of flexibility. Flexible working forms part of a total reward approach which offers a host of other benefits over and above the standard offering (generous pension, healthcare, wellbeing etc). These include financial support for training, education & development, a benefit allowance (to spend on our flexible benefits such as gym membership, dental insurance, extra holiday or to partake in our cycle to work scheme), employee recognition scheme and various employee discount schemes.
By choosing Lloyd's, you'll be part of a team that brings together the best minds in the industry, and together with our underwriters and brokers, we create innovative, responsive solutions allowing us to share risk and solve complex problems.
Should you require any additional support with your application, or any adjustments, please click the following link;
https://cleartalents.com/apply/lloyds-msa1645695881
Please note, clicking on this link does not register your application for the vacancy
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