Fitch Group Hiring for Accounts Payable Assistant – London Job at London, England Full Time

The Fitch Group, headquartered in New York and London, is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is comprised of:

• Fitch Ratings, a global leader in credit ratings and research;

• Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of credit market data, analytical tools and risk services and BMI Research, a provider of country risk and industry analysis specializing in emerging and frontier markets; and

• Fitch Learning, a provider of learning and development solutions for the global financial services industry.

Fitch Group is owned by the Hearst Corporation.

Fitch Group finance team operates under a matrix management structure with regional and functional heads. There are four regions: US, Latin America, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

The role:

Fitch is seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the Accounts Payable team (currently seven staff) responsible for all aspects of the day to day Accounts Payable function of the UK operations (Ratings. Solution, Learning), together with oversight and assisting the operations of the other EMEA group companies (Germany, France, Sweden, Poland, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia ) on the Group’s SAP accounting system. This role is hands on, with the expectation that all account payable tasks within the team will need to be covered.

Role Accountabilities:

• Ensure entries for all vendor invoices are posted daily in the correct Fitch company and are allocated to the correct cost centres etc

• Review and process employee expense reports (including company credit cards) in Concur ensuring efficient and accurate reimbursement of expenses and that they are properly authorised

• Ensure correct processing of intercompany invoices

• Requesting outstanding invoices from vendors

• Identifying prepayments and processing these correctly

• Vendor account reconciliation

• Assist in creation of new vendor accounts including the verification of vendor bank details

• Assist in raising multi-currency payments (priority, bacs and ach)

• Assist with month end tasks

• Ad hoc tasks as and when required

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

• Previous experience as AP assistant in a busy Finance environment with subsidiaries overseas

• Time management and workload efficiency skills

• Persistence in finishing tasks in spite of hindrance

• Experience in posting invoices in SAP R/3 (or similar) with and without purchase orders

• Proven experience on Concur expense system would be highly advantageous

• Good communication skills with all stakeholders at all levels of the business

• European language skills would be beneficial

Required Characteristics:

• Highly motivated to carry out daily tasks

• Focused, accurate and great attention to detail

• Happy working in fast paced and demanding environment

• Ability to manage own workload and impact on company

• Ability to work under pressure

• Punctual

Key Contacts:

Internal:

• Accounts Payable Staff

• Accounts Payable Accountant/Manager

• Management Accountants team

• Relevant stakeholders in all regions

External:

• Vendors

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interests or any appearance of a conflict of interest.

Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts for you and your Family Members prior to commencing employment. If you, or your Family Members, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, they must be sold before beginning work. In certain roles, employees and their Family Members may be limited to investments in diversified mutual funds only.

For more information about this policy, please visit the code of ethics and conduct page – http://www.fitchratings.com/web/en/dynamic/about-us/code-of-ethics-and-conduct.jsp

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