Accounts Payable Assistant

Job summary

The Financial Services team have a vacancy for an accounts payable assistant based at our site y's Hospital.

This role would be ideal for a candidate who has experience of customer service and accounts payable processes.

This role involves inputting invoices and credit notes onto the ledger, reconciling statements, dealing with queries by phone or email, building relationships with suppliers and with budget managers within the organisation.

The successful candidate will be expected to work within a small team, to ensure that invoices are processed in line with the Better Payment Practice Code.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.

We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

• IT literate (Outlook, Excel & Word)
• Previous experience of using a finance system
• A basic understanding of Purchase Ledger/Payables concepts

• Previous experience of NHS Finance including COS VAT

• At least 4 GSCE's minimum Grade 4 (Previously Grade
  
  C) including Maths and English

• Demonstrate knowledge of basic finance/book-keeping skills

• Demonstrate experience of customer service
• Demonstrate ability to work independently and manage varied workload
• Demonstrate experience of working in a finance role
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team

• Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels
• Ability to problem solve

• IT literate (Outlook, Excel & Word)
• Previous experience of using a finance system
• A basic understanding of Purchase Ledger/Payables concepts

• Previous experience of NHS Finance including COS VAT

• At least 4 GSCE's minimum Grade 4 (Previously Grade
  
  C) including Maths and English

• Demonstrate knowledge of basic finance/book-keeping skills

• Demonstrate experience of customer service
• Demonstrate ability to work independently and manage varied workload
• Demonstrate experience of working in a finance role
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team

• Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels
• Ability to problem solve

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Dryland Block, St Mary's Hospital

77 London Road

Kettering

NN15 7PW

United Kingdom