Accounts Payable & Expenses Associate (12 month FTC)

Accounts Payable & Expenses Associate (12 month FTC), The Accounts Payable & Expenses Team are responsible for the processing and payment of supplier spend, and business expenses for all UK colleagues. The role involves using various system functionality such as the SAP ERP, SAP Concur Expense module, Coupa, and AMEX online. You will be required to establish, maintain and influence contacts at all levels within the business as well as liaise with them over a wide range of issues, providing guidance and support to circa 16,000 Partners and staff as well as an independent offshore Expenses processing team. The job holder is required to support the overall Finance team by conducting themselves in a professional manner, remaining highly proactive at all times with the ability to manage conflicting deadlines and priorities without a detrimental impact upon the team. The role would ideally suit someone who has confidence in their own ability, has strong analytical skills and enjoys problem solving. Over time the role may include a rotation across all areas of Finance Operations to ensure that there is sufficient cover across all departments at all times. Part of our DNA is to continually look for ways to improve on the expectations of our clients across the business with the service we deliver. What will you be doing?

• Responsible for Coupa invoice work queues, ensuring they are cleared within SLAs and all escalations are dealt with in a professional manner.
• Reviewing submitted expenses against KPMG policy, challenging and escalating where necessary.
• Reconcile and take remedial action on specific Accounts Payable general ledgers, for example, unclaimed VAT, personal expenses and suspense GL's.
• Process urgent and manual payments through the online banking system and ensure strict authorisation processes are followed.
• Administering KPMG's corporate card scheme including processing new applicants, leavers, dealing with accrued transactions, delinquencies, credit balances, and routinely doing account reconciliations against KPMG's ledgers.
• Being an administrator for SAP Concur, KPMG's expense management system. Performing system admin such as interface monitoring and dealing with failed postings, as well as wider involvement in system enhancements.
• Oversee the centralised business travel account (BTA) and ensure travel costs are reconciled and paid monthly.
• Responsible for payment runs ensuring all processes are adhered to.
• Prepare manual journal uploads to post adjustments, transfers, etc. in SAP.
• Be an expert on finance related policies & processes, and effectively deal with queries from across the business by support ticket, email, phone, face to face, or other internal communication methods.
  
  Experience of working in an Accounts Payable role
• Ability to prioritise and deal with a varied workload
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Resilience and able to work with multiple and demanding stakeholders
  
  The KPMG Business Services function is a cornerstone of our UK business. Operating from 20 UK locations and sitting with KPMG Central Services we do work that matters.
Within Central Services we are part of a community of experts across a wide range of critical activities who help grow, run, and protect KPMG in the UK. From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities and Business Support, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Sales and Marketing, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm, which we support with diligence and expertise. KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses, we've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is., Every day our firm performs better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. The difference we make shines through to our people and our clients. We're KPMG Business Services (KBS). We're a cross-functional team, bringing together experts across a wide range of critical activities which help to grow, run and protect our business. From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities and Operations, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Market Development, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm. We work shoulder to shoulder with our client-facing teams and we focus on delivering our services in ways which help to drive efficiency, improve quality and enhance our firm's brand and reputation.