Payments Officer

Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council; Aberystwyth; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Annual leave

Pension contribution

Family benefits

Lifestyle savings

Health and wellbeing packages

Job summary

Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council is seeking a Payments Officer to join our busy Procurement & Commissioning Service in Aberystwyth. You will be directly involved in processing supplier invoices, updating creditor accounts and running the BACS payment run, handling supplier and contractor enquiries, and supporting other Council services as required.

We offer flexible working, a competitive annual leave allowance and a pension scheme with employer contributions, along with health and wellbeing

Responsibilities

• Processing supplier invoices efficiently
• Updating creditor accounts
• Handling the BACS payment run
• Managing supplier and contractor enquiries
• Supporting other Council services with payments-related tasks

Job description

We are seeking a Payments Officer to join our busy Procurement & Commissioning Service.

The successful applicant will be directly involved in the critical and varied steps of the Council’s payment processes including:

• the efficient processing of Supplier invoices
• updating Creditor accounts
• all duties relating to the processing of the BACS payment run
• handling external Supplier and Contractor enquiries
• dealing with enquiries from other Services throughout the Council

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the requirements of the post.

Our offer to you

We are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role’s key areas of responsibility but in addition, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.

In exchange for your skills and commitment we will offer you a range of employee benefits including

• flexible working
• competitive annual leave allowance
• pension scheme with 14.6% employer contribution
• enhanced family benefits
• lifestyle savings
• employee health and wellbeing packages

More information about our wide-ranging employee benefits can be foundhere.

We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:

• Hybrid Working:Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
• Flexi-time:Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.

Additional Information

Job Description and Person Specification

Team Ceredigion Information Pack

Get in touch

For further information and an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Ross Edwards: [e-mail] / 01970 633654.

Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.