Payments Assistant

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join the Accounts Payable team within the Finance Department. The Trust offers a generous pension and substantial holiday entitlements. As this position is within such a large organisation, it offers good career progression, especially for someone in the early stages of their financial career.

Main duties of the job

• To accurately process supplier invoices and other payments requests through the Unit 4 Finance & Procurement system in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
• To ensure that only appropriately authorised invoices and other payment requests are processed for payment.
• To ensure that supplier payments are processed promptly in line with Government guidance and in line with agreed contractual terms.
• To monitor supplier accounts, and routinely investigate & resolve non-payment queries with staff and suppliers, using tact to negotiate a successful conclusion.
• To identify and escalate any suspicions and concerns relating to correspondence and payment requests to the line manager, in accordance with the organisations standard operating procedures.

About us

The Accounts Payable Team consists of the AP Manager & 6 Assistants.

With in excess of 125,000 invoices a year to process it is imperative that each member of the team works well under pressure and as a team player, but equally as important that they are able to work independently and prioritise workload effectively.

The Team now works in an almost completely paperless environment and once fully trained there could be the opportunity to work from home on certain days of the week.

Why work with us - 1 (pagetiger.com)

The Government has formally announced that it intends to introduce regulations that will require most healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated (1st and 2nd dose) against COVID-19 by 1st April 2022. To achieve this the successful applicant must have had their 1stCOVID-19 vaccination by 3rd February 2022. Therefore, full COVID-19 vaccination will be a condition of employment unless an individual is medically exempt. We will ask for proof of vaccination or exemption during the recruitment process.