Accounts Payable Officer

Vacancy Salary £24,616

Vacancy Location Liverpool

Contract Type Fixed Term

The Vacancy

Annual salary of £24,616 (FTE)
Fixed-term contract – 6 months
Full-time (35 hours), part-time and flexible working patterns available
Liverpool city centre office base - hybrid working (2 days in the office, 3 days at home)

Proposed interview date: Thursday 11th January

The role

The Accounts Payable Officer will be responsible for the processing and payments of the Groups Utility, Council Tax, and Non-Domestic rates liabilities. It will be the officers responsibility to ensure the billing periods are correct and all bills are received and paid within the Local authority and utility provider payment terms.

They will also be responsible for dealing with queries from internal and external stakeholders, liaising directly with Utility providers and Local authorities to obtain any missing invoices, resolve any invoice discrepancies, and provide appropriate evidence to support any queries. Ongoing monitoring is essential to ensure queries are resolved and invoices paid within supplier terms.

The Finance Accounts Payable Officer will have the responsibility of ensuring all invoices due are captured on the weekly supplier payment runs. This role will also support the finance team with shred mailboxes and scanning any incoming post to the relevant files/teams.

The right fit

Demonstrable finance experience is essential, with prior experience relating to Accounts Payable
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Word and Excel
Prior experience with Open accounts, Orchard and eBIS would be advantageous
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to keep organised records of queries and correspondence - record keeping is an essential part of this role
Confident communicator, both written and orally, liaising directly with internal and external stakeholders
Able to deal with large volumes of data

Who we are

We regenerate places and work with people to create the opportunities they need to thrive. Affordable housing is our starting point, but we are a dynamic group of organisations doing very different things. We work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector, in care and support, and in education, training and careers.

The Regenda Group is made up of Regenda Homes and its wholly owned subsidiaries M&Y Maintenance and Construction, Redwing, Ecogee, Petrus, The Learning Foundry, Positive Footprints, Centre 56 and the National Communities Resource Centre.

Next steps

If you like what you’ve read so far and think you’ve got what it takes to join our team, then apply now with a copy of your CV and a short covering letter detailing why you think you would be a good fit the role.

Our People Services team will review your application and will be in touch shortly.

What we offer

The Regenda Group really is a great place to work – and you don’t have to just take our word for it! We’re an accredited Best Companies Top 100 employer and have achieved Investors in People Gold status.

We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself, develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to people’s lives.

We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which, amongst other things, includes:

A range of flexible working options.
27 days paid annual leave each year (rising one day per year up to a maximum of 32 days after five years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
6 additional days for volunteering
Up to 9% Employers Contribution to the Pension Scheme (match funded) .
£250 annual ‘Live and Learn’ allowance to spend on learning any new skill.
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes.
Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives
A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.
Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
Monthly staff lottery scheme.

"We regenerate places and create opportunities for people"

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we’d encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

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