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The role of Payments Administrator sits within Financial Services, which as a team are responsible for all of the revenue and payment transactional processing within Stonewater, contributing to our strategic theme of managing our resources effectively and efficiently, to ensure we have the financial capacity to deliver our priorities and deliver excellent customer service.
As Payments Administrator, you’ll take responsibility for the processing for payment of the Group creditors, within financial regulations, and within the Group established policies and procedures.
You’ll prepare payment runs for BACS, Direct Debits and CHAPS for all Group companies to ensure the prompt and accurate payment of all creditors. You’ll enter all Stonewater’s new suppliers on to the finance system in accordance with standing orders and process all invoices received into the Payments Team, ensuring accuracy and reliability of the information within the finance system. You’ll ensure all suppliers bank details are entered on to the finance system and validate changes to bank accounts for existing companies, to ensure financial control to prevent fraudulent activity. The Payments Administrator will also assist the Payments Manager with month end reporting tasks, reconciliations, and any other ad hoc tasks within the Payments Team, to ensure a continuity of service and a robust control framework.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have previous experience of working in a finance department.
- Have good finance system skills, including Excel skills at intermediate level.
- Be able to organise and prioritise workloads to meet strict deadlines.
- Have a strong customer focus and be able to response promptly to customer queries.
- Be a strong team player.
- Have excellent communication skills, able to communicate with suppliers and colleagues at all levels, both verbally and in writing.
Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.
Discover Stonewater:
Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 36,000 homes, serving 78,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.
Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.
We’re looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 800 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives.
Stonewater supports equality of opportunities and are dedicated to being a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace. We are a Disability Confident employer.
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Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.
