Accounts Payable & Finance Professional | Accounts Assistant | Finance Administrator
Location: Lancashire
Availability: Available for suitable opportunities
Target Roles: Accounts Payable Clerk | Accounts Assistant | Finance Assistant | Finance Administrator | Purchase Ledger Clerk | Accounts Administrator | Bookkeeper – Remote

Candidate Overview
A dedicated and technically capable Accounting and Finance professional with over five years of practical finance experience across accounts payable, bookkeeping, invoicing, reconciliations, expenses and general finance administration.
Holding a degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Salford, this candidate combines strong academic knowledge with hands-on experience across a range of finance environments. They are confident working with high-volume invoices, multi-currency accounts payable, payment runs, bank reconciliations, VAT returns and financial administration.
Highly organised and detail-focused, they have experience managing finance processes independently while working remotely, hybrid and within office-based environments. They are comfortable handling confidential financial information, resolving invoice and purchase order queries and ensuring financial records are maintained accurately and efficiently.

Key Skills & Expertise
• Accounts Payable
• Purchase Ledger
• Finance Administration
• Accounts Administration
• Bookkeeping
• Invoice Processing
• Multi-Currency Accounts
• Bank Reconciliations
• Supplier Statement Reconciliations
• Payment Runs
• VAT Returns
• Year-End Tax Returns
• Sales & Purchase Invoicing
• Expense Processing
• Purchase Order Queries
• Financial Data Entry
• Document Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Sage 50
• Xero
• JDE
• Aderant

Career Highlights
Accounts Payable – Multi-Currency & International Finance
Currently working as an Accounts Payable Clerk within a UK-based business, processing invoices across multiple currencies including GBP, EUR, AED and USD.
Responsibilities include manual expense processing, weekly payment runs across the UK, India and Dubai, bank reconciliations and resolving purchase order queries.
This role has strengthened their experience within a structured, multi-currency accounts payable environment and demonstrates their ability to work accurately across international finance processes.

Accounts & Bookkeeping – SME Environment
Previously worked remotely as a Secretary & Accountant, taking responsibility for a broad range of finance and administrative duties.
This included bookkeeping, VAT returns, year-end tax returns, generating invoices through Xero, managing expenses and banking, alongside preparing client contracts and supporting general business administration.
The role demonstrates strong versatility and the ability to take ownership of finance processes within an SME environment.

Finance Assistant – Invoicing & Reconciliations
Experience within a finance assistant position covering both purchase and sales invoices, rechargeable products, sales invoicing, building services expenses and employee fuel cards.
Also responsible for reconciling statements and supporting financial tracking processes.
Finance Administration – Legal Sector

Earlier experience within a large professional services environment, where responsibilities included invoice processing, urgent invoice queries, Counsel Fees, Search Fees, bank reconciliations and supplier statement reconciliations.
Also supported auditing activity and managed urgent cheque payments, providing valuable experience working within a deadline-driven finance function.

What This Candidate Offers
This candidate would be particularly well suited to businesses seeking a reliable and technically capable Accounts Payable Clerk, Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant or Finance Administrator.
Their strongest areas are accuracy, organisation, invoice processing, reconciliations and day-to-day finance administration, with additional experience across bookkeeping, VAT and wider accounting processes.
They offer a good combination of formal accounting education and practical finance experience, alongside strong knowledge of widely used accounting systems including Sage 50, Xero and JDE.

Ideal Roles
Accounts Payable Clerk | Accounts Assistant | Finance Assistant | Finance Administrator | Purchase Ledger Clerk | Accounts Administrator | Bookkeeper | Junior Accountant
Ideal Sectors

Experience is transferable across professional services, facilities management, commercial businesses, legal services, manufacturing and other finance-led organisations, particularly businesses requiring accurate and dependable support across their day-to-day accounts function.

Education
BSc Accounting & Finance – University of Salford

Recruitment Enquiries
For further information about this Accounts Payable and Finance professional, or to discuss their suitability for your vacancy, please contact Perfect Recruitment.
Info@perfect-recruitment.co.uk
29435678