Accounts Payable Assistant - Swindon, United Kingdom - Historic England

Historic England

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Swindon, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Summary

Historic England is the public body that looks after England's historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people to understand, value, and care for them.

We are seeking an Accounts Payable Assistant to join the Finance Team here at Historic England on a 2-year fixed term contract.

This is an important role in which you will be responsible for accurately checking and processing payment transactions in line with organisational and customers' Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators, providing efficient and effective administrative support.

We are focused on inspiring, empowering, training and coaching our people to deliver their work, so they can grow, evolve and succeed in their careerWhat you will be doing

You will take ownership for the Accounts Payable tasks and workflows assigned to you including accurately process supplier invoices, grants, payment requests, identify and communicate processing queries, and other associated transactions, including BACS rejects, cancelled and uncleared cheques, in line with desk procedures.

You will provide administrative support to the Team, including processing physical incoming mail. This is an exciting time of transition as we have recently implemented a new Purchase to Pay process.

What we are looking for

A high level of numerical and verbal reasoning.
Team playerConfident and articulate when communicating verbally or in writing with a range of people. The ability to explore issues to ensure all facts are established
A good attention to detail/ accuracy
Problem solving skills
Responsibility and ownership of tasks to meet various service deadlines

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you.

Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

Why work for Historic England

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 26% contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the county and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working.

Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

Provisional Interview dates:
week commencing 06th February 2023

Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 24 months

Salary:
£21,128.00-£21,319.00 per year

Schedule: