Accounts Payable Officer

General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC); London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) seeks an Accounts Payable Officer to join the Finance & Procurement team. This permanent role involves processing financial transactions and managing invoice processes, with emphasis on detail and compliance with GPhC guidelines. The organization values diversity and offers a supportive work environment with benefits including generous holiday provisions and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Choice of pension providers

Flexible working arrangements

Career breaks and sabbaticals

Life assurance and season ticket loan

Qualifications

• Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
• Experience with using accounting software.
• Attention to detail and commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Process and manage financial transactions and payments.
• Handle the invoice process and ensure prompt payments.
• Follow GPhC guidelines for compliance.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Proactive mindset

Teamwork

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

We are currently recruiting for an Accounts Payable Officer to join our Finance & Procurement team on a permanent basis. We are seeking an individual who is motivated, task orientated, proactive and adaptable who can learn and follow processes in a timely and efficient manner.

The role

The Accounts Payable Officer will ensure the efficient and effective processing of financial transactions for the GPhC. This will include the daily processing and payment of invoices amongst a variety of other AP and finance tasks.

A key component of the role is to manage the invoice process, including sending invoices to budget holders for authorisation and ensuring supplier payments are prompt and are in line with the payment compliance and GPHC guidelines.

This role is subject to a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of our pre-employment due diligence.

The successful applicant will have/be:

• Excellent numerical and analytical skills
• Accurate with excellent attention to details
• Positive and proactive mindset with a can-do attitude
• Understand the purchase ledger process and have experience with using accounting software.
• Adaptable and self-motivated who works well both independently and as part of a team.
• Have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Benefits when joining our team

In return for their commitment and enthusiasm, employees can expect a rewarding and challenging work environment, good work-life balance and workload plus an excellent benefits package that includes:

• 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 5 days.
• A choice between two pension providers: NHS England pension scheme or Standard Life.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Career breaks and sabbaticals.
• Life assurance, season ticket loan, bike loan and many more.

Please see our full guide [PDF 229.29 KB] of our excellent benefits below.

About the GPhC

We are a respected regulatory body that regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacies in Great Britain. We work to assure and improve standards of care for people using pharmacy services.

Our organisation has a long-term vision and a desire for highly skilled and specialist staff. We are committed to providing workforce learning and development opportunities.

“Following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have adopted a hybrid working approach which combines office and home working. Staff are predominantly home-based and office attendance depends on the nature of the role and the requirements of the team."

We are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture and are committed to holding ourselves to the same standards we expect of others.

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Applying for this role

If you feel you have the required experience and skills and would like to join us, please apply using our online jobs application portal.

Please make sure you complete your supporting statement section, explaining how you meet each of the criteria for the role, and where you found out about this vacancy. Applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Please consult the knowledge and skills section of the job description document below to help you prepare your application.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community

We are committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity and being inclusive in all our work as a health professions regulator.

Whilst we are proud to be members of the Disability Confident Scheme, you don’t have to have a disability for us to discuss reasonable adjustments. Please let us know if you need any support during the application or interview process and we will happily discuss this with you.

As part of your application for this role, please complete our equal opportunities and diversity monitoring section. This is optional and you don't have to complete it; however it provides us with useful information for monitoring and reporting purposes and is strictly confidential. The information you provide on this form will not form part of any selection process and will not be shared with the selection panel.

If you have any queries please do write to us at [e-mail] or if you would like to speak to a member of the Talent Acquisition team please do call us on 0203 713 7880.