Accounts Payable Assistant

Anchor Hanover; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym and wellbeing discounts

Mental health support

Flexible working options

Pension plan - employer contribution

Discounts on shopping, holidays, tech

Blue Light Card access

Job summary

Anchor Hanover, England's largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for older people, is seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant to join our Financial Services team in a hybrid role with regular travel to the Bradford office.

You will process supplier payments, expenses and utilities, maintain accurate records, reconcile accounts, and contribute to monthly KPI reporting, ensuring compliance with policies and internal controls.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance environment, ideally in a high-volume AP function.
• Experience processing BACS, CHAPS, Direct Debits and Faster Payments.
• Ability to reconcile accounts, identify discrepancies and resolve issues.
• Working knowledge of VAT and HMRC requirements.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong numeracy and IT skills.
• AAT qualification desirable or working towards / qualified by experience.

Responsibilities

• Process high volumes of supplier payments, expenses and utilities accurately and efficiently.
• Support bank and cashbook transaction reconciliation and monitoring.
• Investigate and resolve payment and income queries with internal/external stakeholders.
• Ensure payments meet internal control requirements and audit standards.
• Contribute to monthly KPI reporting and streamline AP and banking processes.

Skills

High-volume AP processing

Attention to detail

Numeracy

IT skills

Education

AAT qualification desirable or progress towards

Tools

BACS

CHAPS

Direct Debits

Faster Payments

Job description

Location: Hybrid - regular travel to the Bradford Office

Hours: 37.5 per week

Salary: Up to £28,325 DOE

Contract: Full time | Permanent

We're proud to be England's largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life. Behind every great service we deliver is a reliable Finance function that ensures our colleagues, suppliers and stakeholders are supported through accurate, timely, and well-controlled financial processes.

That's why we're looking for a dedicated and detail-focused Accounts Payable Assistant to join our Financial Services team. In this role, you'll help ensure payments, expenses, utilities and cash transactions are processed correctly and on time, supporting our locations and central teams to focus on what matters most - delivering great care and services.

What you'll do:

• You’ll process high volumes of supplier payments, expenses and utilities accurately and efficiently, ensuring all transactions are correctly approved and comply with Anchor and AHG policies, procedures and delegated authorities.
• Support the control, identification and reconciliation of bank and cashbook transactions, monitoring accounts and ensuring all items are cleared and accounted for.
• Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, you’ll investigate and resolve payment and income queries promptly, delivering a professional and customer-focused service.
• Ensure payments and cash transactions meet internal control requirements, including segregation of duties, authorisation levels and audit standards - helping to minimise risk and ensure compliance.
• You’ll contribute to monthly KPI reporting for internal stakeholders and work closely with colleagues to review, improve and streamline Accounts Payable and banking processes.

What you’ll need:

• Experience working in a finance environment, ideally within a high-volume Accounts Payable function.
• Experience processing a range of payment methods, including BACS, CHAPS, Direct Debits and Faster Payments.
• The ability to reconcile accounts, identify discrepancies and resolve issues effectively.
• Working knowledge of VAT and HMRC requirements.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong numeracy and IT skills.
• AAT qualification is desirable or working towards / qualified by experience.

The closing date is 22 October with interviews taking place in our Bradford office 29 October.

Please note: this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised date if we receive a high volume of applications.

Anchor - a great place to work

Anchor is England's largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We're not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

Our values

Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.

Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.

Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos. Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options
• Access to online GP appointments

Finance

• Pension plan - contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
• Free Blue Light Card

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be an ally to others.

We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.