Payments Analyst – Flexible Hours (Maternity Cover)

Farrans Construction; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Generous leave policies

Career development opportunities

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Farrans Construction seeks a Payments Analyst on a maternity cover basis to support day‑to‑day payments and ensure smooth payment processing. Reporting to the Payments Manager, you will handle supplier and subcontractor payments in multiple currencies, reconcile ledgers, and prepare remittance advices.

You will work with a busy cost team, maintain accurate supplier accounts, and respond to queries promptly.

Qualifications

• Held previous role in preparing payment runs for at least 1 year.
• Good knowledge and understanding of using a computerised purchase ledger.
• Good working knowledge of Excel. Use of VLOOKUPs would be an advantage, however not essential.
• Excellent attention to detail and well organised.
• Able to work within tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Processing of supplier and Sub-contractor payments in multicurrency.
• Select/deselect purchase invoices and sub-contractors due for payment. Checking that all payments are made within credit terms.
• Reconciliation of supplier payments to creditors statement.
• Preparing of remittance advices.
• Preparation of sundry Bacs/cheque payments & posting payments to the creditors ledger, ensuring that all necessary authorisations have been obtained.
• Distribution of cheques to suppliers.
• Updating bank statements, posting payments to creditors ledger and cashbook.
• Dealing with supplier's queries efficiently and effectively, liaising closely with the cost team, to ensure that discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner.
• Work closely with other departments to ensure smooth financial operations and correct ledger entries.
• Setting up new supplier accounts, following company procedures to ensure accounts are verified correctly.
• General office tasks including filing, photocopying, dealing with telephone queries.

Skills

Payments runs

Excel (VLOOKUPs)

Multi-currency payments

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Tools

Excel

Job description

Farrans Construction seeks a Payments Analyst on a maternity cover basis to support day‑to‑day payments and ensure smooth payment processing. Reporting to the Payments Manager, you will handle supplier and subcontractor payments in multiple currencies, reconcile ledgers, and prepare remittance advices.

You will work with a busy cost team, maintain accurate supplier accounts, and respond to queries promptly.