Junior Accounts Payable

About the job

KEY ROLE

The Junior Accounts Payable Clerk is an integral member of the Finance team within a busy freight forwarding and logistics business. Reporting directly to the Finance Controller, this role is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of all supplier invoices, vendor payments, and cost accruals within the Cargowise One (CW1) platform.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Invoice Processing & Matching

• Receive, review, and accurately process high volumes of supplier invoices within the Bravotran software system.
• Maintain Bravotran system and report on KPI’s on a monthly basis to the Financial Controller.
• Perform three-way matching of supplier invoices against job cost entries within Cargowise and Bravotran, ensuring invoiced amounts align with agreed rates, charge codes, and shipment details.
• Verify that all invoices are correctly matched to the corresponding Cargowise job file, ensuring costs are allocated to the right shipment, branch, and cost centre.
• Identify and escalate discrepancies between invoiced amounts and expected costs, liaising with operations and the vendor to resolve differences promptly.
• Process credit notes from suppliers accurately, ensuring they are correctly offset against the relevant payable balance and job cost.
• Ensure all invoices are coded to the correct general ledger (GL) account and cost component within CW1 (e.g. origin charges, freight costs, destination charges, customs disbursements, handling fees, storage).
• Process invoices across multiple currencies, applying the correct exchange rates in line with the company’s FX policy.
• Handle both Cargowise-generated cost accruals and manual invoice entries, ensuring consistency and accuracy between the two.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 1-2 years of experience in an accounts payable, purchase ledger or finance administration role – essential
• Prior experience in freight forwarding, logistics, shipping, or supply chain is highly desirable and will be a significant advantage.
• Experience using Cargowise One (CW1) is strongly preferred; candidates with experience in other logistics ERP platforms will also be considered.
• Demonstrable experience processing high volumes of invoices in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience performing supplier statement reconciliations.
• Experience processing multi-currency transactions is an advantage.
• Exposure to month-end close processes and accruals is beneficial but not essential.

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