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Payments Adminstrator - 10253

Gloucester

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Payments Adminstrator
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall, Block 4, 4th Floor 
• Salary:                               £25,584 - £26,835 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     28/05/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:   10253 
• This post is not open to job share

About The Team & Role

Come and work for a rewarding organisation, joining our exceptional talent in the Business Service Centre, that ensures the cogs driving the council’s operations are well oiled and running smoothly. Without them, employees and suppliers wouldn’t get paid, vacancies wouldn’t be filled, and DBS checks wouldn’t be completed, leaving children and adults vulnerable.

The Payments role is often known as “Accounts Payable” and is responsible for payments on behalf of other GCC Departments, in line with current GCC/Financial regulations and policy. You will liaise with departments, schools, and vendors to support them in the processing of invoices. 

You’ll help make a difference as a Payments Administrators, by taking responsibility for delivering an effective and efficient invoice payment service to your stakeholders and budget managers. We need you to provide support in settling valid invoices in a timely manner so that it can be used to support GCCs activities. You’ll provide customer support to your stakeholders, offering advice and updates on procedure and process, making a valuable contribution to support the organisation in its delivery of service.

GCC operate an agile working policy with a blend of home and office-based working.

About You

To be successful you will need excellent organisational skills to allow you to prioritise workloads and ensure our service levels are maintained. We also need your customer-focused nature to help build working relationships with your stakeholders. You’ll also bring your data analysis and manipulation skills to ensure the administrative output is accurate and completed in a timely manner.

Previous experience in an Accounts Payable role would be desirable but is not essential as full training will be given to the successful applicant.

Being able to demonsatrate the skills below would be very benefical:

Relevant experience in an Accounts Payable role or similar.

Experience in using SAP or similar invoice processing systems.

Commitment to supporting our Customers.

About Us

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

How to apply 

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Allan Barnard via email at Allan.Barnard@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Closing date 28/05/2025

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing 09/06/2025

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Payments Administrator - Job Profile

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

For more information about the job, view links, download attachments and apply please click on the Apply Now button. 

Closing date for applications: 2025-05-28

Salary: £25,584 - £26,835 per annum

Hours Per Week: 37.00

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