Finance Clerk (Payments and Reconciliation team)

VolkerWessels UK is a market leading contracting group of five closely linked businesses. </p>

We provide integrated and ground-breaking solutions for the civil engineering and construction sectors, with specialisms in rail, highways, airports, marine, defence, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.</p>

Volker Services and its subsidiaries receive in the region of 15,000 supplier invoices a month. Reporting into our Finance Supervisor (Payment and Reconciliations team), you’ll  create the weekly payments for all Volker businesses, providing detailed analysis and payment performance information. You’ll also be responsible for monthly reconciliations of all high-volume supplier accounts are completed and reviewed, whilst monitoring balances and aging transactions to ensure timely resolution of aging items. </p>

This role is based at our Hoddesdon office.</p>

About our role</em></strong></p>

• Receiving / resolving high volumes of supplier queries by telephone and e mail</li>
• Reconciling high volumes of supplier statements</li>
• Data integrity checks of data entered for the payment process.</li>
• Processing emergency payments, weekly and daily payment runs and expenses.</li>
• Distribution of payment run files to BUs for approval.</li>
• Dealing with internal and external queries and resolving disputed invoices promptly.</li>
• Accurate data retention.</li> </ul>

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  About you</h2>

  • You’ll have previous Accounts Payable experience across Reconciliations.</p> </li>

  • You’ll also have excellent communications skills (both written and verbal), coupled with experience of strong customer service as well as the ability to juggle multiple priorities all whilst meeting deadlines.</p> </li>

  • You’ll also hold GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English – C Grade or above (or equivalent).</p> </li>

  • Excel skills (intermediate)</li> </ul>

    If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.</span></p>

    Why work with us?</h2>

    VolkerWessels UK operate through five separate, but complementary businesses, working in collaboration and using our specialist skills to deliver an integrated service for our clients. At any one time, our people are working on our sites or in our offices, for around 250 projects across the UK. Everyday we overcome challenges, fulfilling our commitments, no matter what. That’s what our business is about, that’s how our people find satisfaction in their jobs.  </p>

    We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.</span></p>

    We offer a range of benefits, including:</span></p>

    • Competitive salary</span></li>
    • Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday</span></li>
    • Option to buy additional annual leave </span></li>
    • Private medical care</span></li>
    • Pension</span></li>
    • Life Assurance </span></li>
    • Cycle to Work scheme</span></li>
    • Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts</span></li>
    • Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training</span></li>
    • Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits</span></li>
    • Flexible working opportunities</li>
    • Employee Assistance programme </span></li>
    • Mental health, physical health, and financial support</span></li>
    • 24/7 Virtual GP service</span></li> </ul> Fairness, inclusion and respect</h2>

      We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive. </span></p>

      If you need support with your application, please contact us at </span>careers@volkerwessels.co.uk</p>

      Additional information</h2>

      Note for Recruitment Agencies:</span></p>

      Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.</span></p>

      We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to </span>careers@volkerwessels.co.uk</a></p>

      VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.</span></p>

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