Junior Accounts Payable Assistant

Junior Accounts Payable Assistant

Salary: £ 28,726.00 Closing date: Thursday 25 July 2024 Contract type: Fixed Term Contract till 28 February 2025 The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health. These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won’t be solved by science alone. We are looking for an Junior Accounts Payable Assistant on a Fixed Term contract until 28 February 2025 to join our Accounts Payable team in Financial Accounting.. Where in Wellcome will I be working? The Accounts Payable Team (AP) is responsible for running the accounts payable processes ensuring accurate processing, recording and control of operational financial transactions. The AP team process non-grant related multi-currency payments to deliver Wellcome’s mission. They maintain financial records and assist with the general operations of the finance team. The day-to-day tasks of accounts payable function include invoice processing, matching invoices to purchase orders, ensuring bills are paid by their due dates, ensuring accurate data validation to feed into the monthly, quarterly, or annual statements. AP handles tracking outgoing payments, maintaining records, verifying expense claims and on-boarding of new suppliers and customers.