Payments Assistant

Location - West Bridgford, Nottingham

Hourly Rate - £12.18

Full Time - Interim Position

Reference - 7861065

Background

To deliver operational activities within a payments team to facilitating payments to service users and internal and external care providers within agreed timescales, under the management and guidance of senior staff.

Key Responsibilities

• To work to defined business standards and processes; performing specific finance and clerical tasks with due regard to confidentiality and safeguarding.
• To create, process and examine purchase orders and invoices to ensure they comply with Financial Regulations, relevant departmental procedures and statutory guidance.
• To clarify and resolve queries from suppliers, service users, external agencies, organisations and staff within the authority in connection with this role.
• To process payments to and recover overpayments from a range of internal carers, using bespoke IT software.
• Undertake and complete financial assessments on carers who meet eligibility criteria for the payment of specific allowances.
• To provide advice and guidance to internal and external customers relating to the post holders area of work.
• To ensure the effective maintenance of manual and computerised information systems and procedures, ensuring the efficient and timely processing of financial data, reports, statistics and other management information.
• To undertake accountancy and reconciliation duties.

Qualifications and Experience

• Good literacy and numeracy skills to NVQ2 or equivalentBasic knowledge of Financial Regulations and Accountancy processes including VAT.
• Basic knowledge of  Data Protection Act.
• Experience of working in a busy setting to strict timescales.
• Experience of working in a financial environment using systems such as accounts payable.
• Experience of data input and data management ensuring   accuracy and where appropriate confidentiality.
• Significant experience and competence using IT and common      business support packages including word processing and spreadsheets.
• Experience of providing information to the public or customers using good communication skills.
• Experience of using defined business processes and giving guidance on them to colleagues.

If you are interested in this role, please call 020 3641 9193 for further details or email your CV to apply@instajobsuk.com