Processing Assistant

The Vacancy

We have an opportunity for a Processing Assistant to join our Wates team within our Maintenance Division. You will be based out of our London office working on our purchase leger, sales ledger and credit control within a fast-paced environment and professional finance department.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Processing invoices within set timelines onto our Financial System and resolve any queries following the business invoice query/rejection process.
• Processing draft applications within set timeline onto our financial system and resolve any queries following the application query/rejection process.
• Deal with Aged invoices/Application – liaise with suppliers and subcontractors, resolve all ongoing query.
• Ensuring direct debit payments are allocated to their respective invoices and costed in a timely manner.
• Reconciling supplier statements to supplier account balances monthly.
• Running due diligence on supplier invoices and being fraudulent aware.

We are looking for ambitious finance professionals with experience of working within a high-volume transaction environment with working knowledge of purchase ledger, sales ledger and credit control. Experience and/or knowledge of COINS financial system and of the construction industry would be advantageous but not essential. High level motivation and a desire for long term career development is essential.

To be successful you will be a confident communicator, have the ability to work under pressure and have exceptional attention to detail.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.