Accounts Payable Officer

They will deal with all queries from internal and external stakeholders in respect of the supplier accounts.

The post holder is also required to ensure that the department daily performance targets are met which includes prompt action on all reports received from the AP Manager and also via the automated system.

They provide a key customer service function, analysing and investigating financial queries to identify errors and discrepancies. They should resolve problems in a professional and timely way, via various communication modes.

• Sort through post on a daily basis for processing, ensuring that invoices are placed onto the relevant trays for processing and scanning.
• To scan, upload and process all suppliers’ invoices and other financial

documentations in a timely manner and ensuring that the data captured is

reviewed before acceptance

• To ensure that the database is up to date with the relevant information and communications captured on the system
• To ensure that thorough compliance checks are carried out prior to final

processing of invoices for payment in accordance with the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions

• To maintain regular contact with Budget Holders and ensure that invoices

are authorised in a timely manner to help meet payment targets

• Ensure that all supplier communications received individually and to the

central mailbox are dealt with promptly on a daily basis

• Ensuring that work is dealt by priority as directed by the Accounts Payable Manager to ensure that the department’s daily targets are met, which includes processing data received via automated daily reports
• To ensure that financial data is captured and accurately entered on to the

systems in accordance with audit requirements

• To ensure that all supplier statements are reconciled on a regular basis

including the quarterly statements, as required for statutory reporting

• Responsible for performing calculations on invoices received, in respect of VAT, discounts and numerical accuracy.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We Run Major Acute Services At

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kanwal Gill Job title: Accounts Payable Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 020 8869 5136