Band 2 Accounts Payable Assistant

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Accounts Payable Assistant to join their Accounts Team. This role involves processing invoices and reconciling accounts, providing an excellent opportunity for hands-on experience. Candidates with accounts payable knowledge and familiarity with Sage Line 1000 will find this role beneficial, though training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Basic education to GCSE standard.
• Computerised accounts payable experience.
• Knowledge of NHS purchase to pay processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure processing of invoices and account reconciliation.
• Work within the Purchase Ledger team.
• Meet department deadlines.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Reconciliations skills

Reliable

Self-motivated

Education

Basic education to GCSE standard or equivalent

Tools

Sage1000

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 2 Accounts Payable Assistant

The closing date is 14 July 2025

We are looking for a friendly, methodical, and motivated individual to join our strong, fast paced Accounts Team on a full-time basis; as an Accounts Payable Assistant your role would be to ensure accurate processing of invoices and account reconciliation, whilst working within the Purchase Ledger team to achieve department deadlines.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain invaluable purchase ledger experience and training within a busy NHS Foundation Trust, and to be an integral part of the accounts team and process.

Accounts Payable knowledge and/or Sage Line 1000 experience would be an advantage, but full training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• *Basic education to GCSE standard or equivalent including numeracy and literacy

Experience

• *Computerised accounts payable experience
• *Reconciliations skills.
• *Previous knowledge of Sage1000, Oracle or SAP
• *Information Governance
• *Cyber Security

Additional Criteria

• *Reliable, punctual, pro-active approach
• *Self-motivated and use of initiative
• *Knowledge of NHS purchase to pay processes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust