Business Support Assistant

Brackenberry Limited; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Brackenberry Limited, Nottinghamshire, is seeking a Business Support Assistant on a 6.5-month contract to support Accounts Payable (AP) activities and vendor maintenance. The role covers processing payments to vendors and service users, maintaining vendor/customer records, and handling financial information with accuracy.

Applicants should have AP/P2P experience, GCSEs in English and Maths, and familiarity with ERP systems, Excel and Word.

Qualifications

• GCSE English at Grade C or equivalent.
• GCSE Mathematics at Grade C or equivalent.
• Basic knowledge of financial regulations, including VAT.
• Experience undertaking Accounts Payable (AP) activities within a Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) environment.
• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Experience working within a busy team environment.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, with a methodical and accurate approach to work.

Responsibilities

• Process Accounts Payable activities and facilitate timely payments to vendors and service users within a Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) environment.
• Create, update and maintain accurate vendor and customer accounts and records.
• Use financial systems and office software to manage workloads, process information and handle correspondence.
• Respond to and resolve queries from internal and external customers and vendors relating to Accounts Payable activities.
• Investigate and clarify queries relating to unpaid invoices within workflow.
• Ensure accuracy and quality of all work undertaken.

Skills

Accounts Payable

P2P processes

Vendor management

Organisational skills

Education

GCSE English

GCSE Mathematics

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Nottinghamshire to assist with the appointment of a Business Support Assistant, on a 6.5-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion.

Rate of Pay: £13.70 - £17.73 per hour

Summary

The Business Support Assistant will support the processing of payments to vendors and service users on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council, ensuring accurate and timely completion of Accounts Payable (AP) activities and Vendor Maintenance tasks. The role involves creating and maintaining vendor and customer accounts, processing financial information, managing correspondence and resolving queries from internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Process Accounts Payable activities and facilitate timely payments to vendors and service users within a Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) environment.
• Create, update and maintain accurate vendor and customer accounts and records.
• Use financial systems and office software to manage workloads, process information and handle correspondence.
• Respond to and resolve queries from internal and external customers and vendors relating to Accounts Payable activities.
• Investigate and clarify queries relating to unpaid invoices within workflow.
• Ensure accuracy and quality of all work undertaken.

Qualification

• GCSE English at Grade C or equivalent.
• GCSE Mathematics at Grade C or equivalent.
• Basic knowledge of financial regulations, including VAT.
• Experience undertaking Accounts Payable (AP) activities within a Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) environment.
• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Experience working within a busy team environment.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, with a methodical and accurate approach to work.

Additional Information

You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.

You should have right to work in U.K

We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.