Payables Officer

Suffolk - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

East Suffolk Council
Address:East Suffolk House Melton Woodbridge IP12 1RT or Riverside Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0EQ
Salary: 28598 - 31022 (Band 4)
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Contract: 2-year fixed term contract

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Councilsfinance team as a Payables Officer.

The role:

We are seeking a part-time (18.5 hours per week) Payables Office to join our finance team. The role supports our Senior Payables Officer in the day-to-day operation and administration of the payment functions ensuring timely payments and compliance with statutory contractual and audit requirements.

Specific duties include but are not limited to:

Setting up new vendors and updating new vendor records
Maintaining the vendor database with accurate and up to date information
Processing invoices credit notes grant payments precepts CIL payments refund and other adhoc payments requests received completing final checks and posting to ledger
Processing monthly credit card statement transactions ensuring documentation is correct and accurately recorded
Reconciliation work across various statements
Dealing with purchase invoice and order queries

What you will need:

Previous accounts payable experience is essential experience of transactional services and processing through the payment as well as a good working knowledge of VAT. Basic knowledge of CIS (Construction Industry Scheme) and experience of working within and operational Finance team would be very beneficial.

Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy is required as well as being able to work independently and as part of a team.

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role even if you dont meet all of the essential requirements please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

Why work for us

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Counciltake a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube).

Here are some of the main benefits:

Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year increasing to 31 days after 5 years service plus bank holidays)
Local government pension scheme
Flexible working arrangements
Learning and development tailored to your role
A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
Discounts on mobile phones computers holiday and travel fashion and clothing health and beauty and many other products and services.

Find more information about what we offer in ourbenefits brochure (pdf).

The majority of our teams are working in an agile way with a mixture of home and office working depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

To find out more

For an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Marie McKissockby emailing

Closing date: 12 noon Thursday 12 March 2026.

Interview date: w/c 23 March 2026.

How to apply

Step 1 -Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification Payables Officer Job Description

Step 2 -Complete theSupporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).

Step 3 -Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note CVs are not accepted.

For more information check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (URL).

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

DescriptionEast Suffolk CouncilAddress:East Suffolk House Melton Woodbridge IP12 1RT or Riverside Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0EQSalary: 28598 - 31022 (Band 4)Hours: 18.5 hours per weekContract: 2-year fixed term contractEast Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work delivering essential local service...