Accounts Payable Assistant

Temp bank

Location: Highfield Campus

Salary:  £8.85 per hour

Closing Date:  Monday 03 April 2017

Interview Date:  To be confirmed

Reference: 855917TB

Dates:  ASAP –  for 8 weeks

Working hours: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Please see below details of a new * temporary * assignment.

We are seeking someone who has a passion for figures / finance, who is looking to gain more experience in accounts. This temporary assignment will be working for the Univerity of Southampton Accounts Payable department working alongside an experienced accounts supervisor.

Job details:

• Deal with incoming and outgoing post to facilitate the processing of documentation.
• Engage with internal and external customers to resolve payment queries.
• Cover the main enquiry line and generic email account on a rota basis.
• To be able to pick up errors prior to data entry completion.

Essential skills:

• Evidence of numeracy skills / experience
• Computer literacy
• Data entry experience
• Fast and accurate data entry skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to use initiative to resolve problems with guidance and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written. 

Desirable skills:

• Experience of working in an accounts environment.
• Experience ofworking for a large organisation.
• Knowledge of working with specialist finance applications, databases, report generators and related software ideally Agresso
• Experience of analysing data and presenting summary information clearly.

*  Please note temporary assignments offered through the Tempbank are temporary roles.  The start and end dates specified are the expecteddates but these can change without notice and there is no guarantee of work for the duration of the assignment and no notice period required on either side.  Please ask us for further details regarding this if it is a concern for you.

If you are available and wish to be considered for the role please contact the University of Southampton’s Tempbank (either Nicola or Judith) by email: tempbank@soton.ac.uk attaching your CV.  The CV should demonstrate your suitability for this post.  In your response please state ‘I wish to be considered for the NOT04 temporary assignment’

Please note that all temporary workers are paid a month in arrears.  Pay day is on the last working day of each month.  This means that, depending on your start date, it could be up to eight weeks before you receive your first payment.

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