Accounts Payable​/Receivable Clerk

This Accounts Payable/Receivable Clerk post sits in the Financial Accounts team at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist neurology and neurosurgery hospital. The work covers a range of duties within the Accounts Payable team, carried out under the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions and internal office procedures. It is an entry-level Band 3 role that will no longer be eligible for international sponsorship after April 2026.

Anyone who has applied for this post before is excluded.

• Undertake a range of duties within the Accounts Payable team
• Work in line with the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions, Scheme of Reservation and Delegation and internal office procedures
• Contribute to a quality, responsive Finance service across the Trust

• 5 GCSEs at grade C or above, including Maths and English, or equivalent work-based experience
• Recognised accountancy qualification, acquired or in progress, or relevant finance work experience

• Experience of working in a busy administrative environment
• Practical accounts experience
• Experience of using spreadsheets

• Knowledge of computerised accounting systems
• Good IT skills in Excel, Word and Outlook
• Ability to reconcile control accounts
• Ability to plan workload to meet deadlines set by managers
• Ability to work on own initiative when required

• Team worker who contributes to section and department objectives
• Good communication skills, including with wide-ranging groups of people, especially the public
• Responsive approach to problem solving
• Adaptable and flexible
• Motivated to learn

• Progression towards ECDL (IT skills)
• Previous NHS or public sector experience