Accounts Payable Clerk (Entry Level Opportunity)

Responsibilities

• Maintain accuracy of our A/P ledgers and reconciliation of accounts
• Manage our vendor data (names, addresses, etc.), validate and gain approval for new accounts, and maintain our audit record of vendor data changes and approvals
• Process our supplier invoices in a timely and accurate manner, including entry of invoices into accounting systems and maintain our files in a tidy and organised manner
• Prepare our supplier payments in line with the payments timetable and presented for approval in a clear and organised format
• Identify payments properly withheld, monitored and released when approval given
• Help with our month end processes: prepayments, accruals, bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations
• Resolve questions/issues, escalating when appropriate in a timely manner
• Maintain compliance with processes and procedures, recommend corrective action when identified and maintain suitable records to demonstrate compliance

Requirements

• Exceptional education achievements in an Accounting or Finance subject
• Excellent spreadsheet skills, including pivots, look ups etc.
• Excellent attention to detail, with great organisation skills and the ability to meet deadlines
• Great communication skills that you will use when connecting directly with our customers
• A passion for the world of Finance with ambition to progress your career
• Experience using an enterprise level accounting system

Benefits

• Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About the Company Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do.