Payments Officer

4 days ago

Wokingham, United Kingdom Wokingham Borough Council Full time

**Employer**: Wokingham Borough Council
**Salary**: £27,711 - £30,060 Per Annum, Plus Benefits
**Location**: Wokingham Borough Council
**Contract**: Permanent
**Working Pattern**: Full Time
**Hours**: 37 hours per week.
**DBS Check**: No
**Closing Date**: 09/02/2025 at 23:00
**Reference**: 712315

We have a fantastic opportunity available for a Payments Officer to join our Adult Social Care team at Wokingham Borough Council, on a full time, permanent basis.

As Payments Officer you will raise purchase requests for suppliers providing care services, process payment invoices from suppliers and resolve invoice queries.

This role will include calculating and raising invoices to customers, providing relevant advice to both internal and external providers/customers in line with the Council’s policy and the Care Act.

**Benefits**

Not only is this an excellent opportunity, but it’s a fantastic time to join our team. You will receive an extensive range of employee benefits including:

- A generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays
- An excellent local government pension scheme
- An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline
- A range of local & lifestyle discounts
- Use of a free onsite gym (located at Shute End office)
- Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes
- And much more

**Key responsibilities**:

- To process purchase requests and issue purchase orders to suppliers
- Following process and procedure as per the Care Act 2014
- Communicate with colleagues and customers in an easy-to-understand language.
- Monitor on a daily basis team inbox and post received
- Accurately calculate and process payments for supplier invoices to ensure correct budgetary controls are maintained
- Accurately raise invoices to customers to enable the accurate and timely collection of customer contributions;
- Experience of working in an office environment.
- A commitment to embracing change.
- The ability to interpret, extract and assess important information.
- The ability to work with volume and be accurate.
- Customer service ethos, striving to continually improve.
- The ability to work on their own initiative and take ownership as well as working as part of a team.
- Working with colleagues to achieve service performance targets.
- Good IT skills

**Our Area**

Wokingham Borough is set in the heart of Berkshire with excellent transport links to Reading and central London. Our area comprises of a vibrant and historical market town, attractive villages, and miles of beautiful countryside.

We’re home to a range of high performing schools including 69 primary and 21 secondary, a host of international businesses and an incredible community. We have a strong local economy with accelerated growth, a range of excellent public facilities and low levels of crime, offering an exceptional quality of life.

**Closing: 09/02/2025**

**Interviews: TBC**

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.

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