Payments Assistant required on a 12 month rolling contract with the potential for perm employment. The successful candidate will have previous experience within a financial environment and must be a competent IT user and have knowledge of MS Office applications.

This role will be fully office based for the for the first 3-6 months whilst training. Once trained you will have the opportunity to work form home 2-3 days per week.

Payments Assistant responsibilities:

• Perform specific finance and clerical tasks with due regard to confidentiality and safeguarding
• Create, process and examine purchase orders and invoices to ensure they comply with Financial Regulations, relevant departmental procedures and statutory guidance
• Clarify and resolve queries from suppliers, service users, external agencies, organisations and staff within the authority in connection with this role.
• 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
• 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
• Undertake accountancy and reconciliation duties

Payments Assistant skills and experience:

• Basic 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
• Experience and competence using IT and common business support packages including word processing and spreadsheets

If you do not hear from a Consultant within 1 week of your application, then unfortunately on this occasion you have not been successful