Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as a key member of the Finance and Procurement team, to assist with providing efficient, effective and high quality Accounts Payable support.
Supporting the P2P Compliance Manager and the Accounts Payable Transaction Service provider in ensuring that:
Supplier invoices, credit notes and statements are processed promptly and accurately and in accordance with the Trust Standing Financial Instructions and procedures
Budget managers and suppliers comply with process standard and procedures
Supplier Accounts are reconciled
The integrity of the general ledger is maintained
Compliance with the Better Payment Practice Code is achieved
All internal and external deadlines are met
Agreed KPIs are achieved
A positive, proactive and committed approach is essential - the ability to analyse, innovate and manage a heavy and changing workload against tight deadlines.
The successful candidate must have recent Accounts Payable experience in a large organisation, and should be able to plan workloads in order to meet strict and conflicting deadlines.
Main duties of the job
Act as an expert resource within the Trust on Accounts Payable processes and systems and provide advice to financial and non- financial managers
Supervise and contribute to the general management of the team. This includes developing and providing P2P training to all users in addition to ensuring that all user and process guides on the Trust's intranet are kept up to date.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
EDUCATION
Essential
- AAT qualified Degree or equivalent experience (relevant to role).
Experience
Essential
- An experienced Account Payable (AP) Compliance Officer with relevant work experience including specialist knowledge of P2P processes, systems and legislation
- Experience of working within the NHS or similar sized organisation
- Have a hands on approach, being directly involved with issues relating to invoices and Purchase orders queries
- Working with internal and external stakeholders to manage and resolve supplier account queries
- Recent experience of having difficult conversations
- Experience of using Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel and data manipulation
- Experience of working in a high-performance team
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Strong IT skills with working knowledge of Purchasing or Financial databases having worked with several accounting systems
Person Specification
EDUCATION
Essential
- AAT qualified Degree or equivalent experience (relevant to role).
Experience
Essential
- An experienced Account Payable (AP) Compliance Officer with relevant work experience including specialist knowledge of P2P processes, systems and legislation
- Experience of working within the NHS or similar sized organisation
- Have a hands on approach, being directly involved with issues relating to invoices and Purchase orders queries
- Working with internal and external stakeholders to manage and resolve supplier account queries
- Recent experience of having difficult conversations
- Experience of using Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel and data manipulation
- Experience of working in a high-performance team
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Strong IT skills with working knowledge of Purchasing or Financial databases having worked with several accounting systems
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
