| Description: | Job Ref: VR/04622
The main purpose of this role will be to act as first point of contact for payment queries made to the organisation from External and Internal users, to prepare and reconcile all payments received and administrative support to the Finance Team.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
To process direct bank payments (income) into financial systems and any other payment interfaces betweensystems, including the daily reconciliation of the payments processed by the required deadline.
To respond to routine payment queries from external and internal sources in a timely manner ensuring complex queries are passed to the Exchequer Officer for resolution.
To provide cover support for the Councils creditor system including the processing of payment runs, ensuring creditor internal controls are maintained and queries from suppliers and colleagues are dealt with appropriately.
To administer the Councils procurement and corporate cards payments in line with payment schedules and VAT regulations.
To provide finance support to the team as directed.
Required Skills / Experience:
Previous expereince in a role encompassing aspects of Sales and purchase ledger.
The importance of prompt and accurate debt management.
Awareness of data protection and the requirements of confidentiality.
Self-reliant & proactive and able to work on own initiative.
Ability to balance challenging priorities.
Strong attention to detail in a financial environment, numerically literate.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Competency in the use of MS Office, especially Excel, Word and Outlook, financial management system and other departmental systems.
Hours:
37 hours per week
09:00 - 17:00 (Flexi Policy)
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