Accounts Payable Clerk

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · EMEA
Experience
3 years

Job description

An Accounts Payable Clerk role in Canonical's growing Finance team, responsible for maintaining A/P ledgers, processing supplier invoices and payments, and supporting month-end processes. The role is aimed at early-career finance professionals who want to develop within a global technology company.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time
Work mode
Remote · EMEA

What you'll do

  • 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

What we're looking for

  • 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

Your team

Finance team

A growing Finance team; the role reports directly to the Global Controller.

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

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About Canonical

A pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source

Canonical is the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud. It recruits on a global basis and has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004.

Mission

To be at the forefront of the global move to open source and change the world on a daily basis

Key facts

  • 2004
  • Open source software
  • Publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud
  • Remote-first company since its inception in 2004
  • Recruits on a global basis and sets a very high standard for people joining the company

What they value

  • Excellence
  • Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background