Accounts Payable Clerk
The closing date is 28 August 2025
Job summary
Join a dedicated and supportive finance team at NHS Frimley Health Foundation Trust and play a vital role in ensuring our suppliers and partners are paid promptly and accurately.
We are seeking an organised, proactive, and detail-focused Accounts Payable Clerkto support the efficient financial operations of the Trust. Based at Heatherwood Hospital but primarily working from home, this role offers the flexibility of remote working with the support of an experienced team.
Reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager, you will be responsible for the accurate and timely processing of payments to the Trust's suppliers, both internal and external. You'll work with minimal supervision, managing your own workload while meeting key financial deadlines.
You'll also contribute to maintaining data accuracy in our finance systems and play an essential part in verifying, processing, and resolving invoice-related queries.
The TeamYou will join a supportive Accounts Payable team of around 10 colleagues, working closely within a wider Finance Directorate of approximately 60 staff, including Business Support, Technical Accounts, Income, Costing and Contracting teams.
Main duties of the job
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Ensure timely and accurate payments to suppliers, following Trust financial processes.
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Assist with weekly payment runs, including manipulating and validating payment data using Excel (including VLOOKUP).
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Validate and enter new supplier details into the finance system, ensuring correct approval processes are followed.
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Match invoices to receipts using both manual and digital systems.
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Process invoices using tools such as EROS and Finance Process Manager.
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Respond to complex and sensitive supplier and manager queries by phone and in writing.
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Scan, template, and upload invoices accurately and promptly.
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Accurately input financial data across various systems and spreadsheets.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital servicesforaround 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence,WorkingTogether and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnelworkingalongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Details
Date posted
22 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£28,859 to £31,670 a year per annum including HCAS
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
9 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
151-LC345
Job locations
Heatherwood Hospital
Finance, Greenwood Offices, Brook Avenue
Ascot
SL5 7GB
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Heatherwood Hospital
Finance, Greenwood Offices, Brook Avenue
Ascot
SL5 7GB
Employer's website
https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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