Analyst - Accounts Payable - UK

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Job Description

• Preparation of payment runs for vendors
• Sending remittance advice to vendors.
• Liaising with the Treasury team & agency with regards to amendments for BACS payment files, ensuring any anomaly on the payment selections are reported to Treasury team & agency to resolve within the agreed timescale.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date filing.
• Assist with Internal and External Client Audits.
• Maintain the level of accuracy and meet the deadlines for manual payments Daily.
• Checking payment runs in line with the agreed signature Matrix.
• Provide holiday and sick cover as necessary.
• As a holiday & sick cover able to take handle below tasks:
• Ensure all expense paperwork is date stamped on day of receipt.
• To process and check expense claims for the Agencies, ensuring appropriate documentation and approvals are available to support the expense claims.
• Ensure expenses are processed within the weekly cut off timetable set by the Treasury team.
• Perform the final approval for all expenses (system generated approval).
• Review hard copy claims and corresponding receipts to ensure compliance with WPP Policies.
• Liaise with claimant and agency to give details of amendments, rejected claims and general queries.

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