Senior Payments Officer

There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you.

Senior Payments Officer

About the Role:

As a Senior Payments Officer you will be responsible for providing a comprehensive administrative and financial support to operational services and promote a customer focused service in conjunction with other Council service providers.

To ensure that business transactions and document management is timely, accurate and in compliance with Council policy and procedures, data protection and legislative requirements.

Provide advice, guidance, and support both to customers and colleagues on services, policies and processes including non-routine enquiries to ensure that correct procedures are being applied and act as a point of escalation for more complex and sensitive issues.

To be responsible for calculating and processing financial transactional data on the financial ERP system including more detailed and/or sensitive reports and correspondence, providing reports and statements as requested by managers with due regard to confidentiality and safeguarding.

About the candidate:

We would like to hear from you if you think this job is for you and have the following Key knowledge and skills:

• Extensive practical and procedural knowledge in Accounts Payable including VAT & CIS.
• Able to work as part of a team and the ability to work to deadlines.
• Able to prioritise own workloads and that of junior staff members.
• Comprehensive skills in the use of Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Able to communicate and develop excellent working relationships.
• Able to work on own initiative and work effectively with conflicting demands and within specified timescales.
• Ability to analyse information and make an appropriate decision on a course of action.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of financial processing procedures.
• Understanding of confidentiality requirement

It’s an exciting time to join our team and be part of our ambitious journey as the Accounts Payable Team merge with Procurement to form a professional P2P Service.

If you wish to discuss this role or require further information, please contact Steve Boyd, Head of Procurement on email  steveboyd@wirral.gov.uk

Interviews to be held week commencing 21st April 2025.

If you are a Wirral resident, are unemployed or out of work, and require help with your application, please contact Involve Northwest’s employment and skills team on info@involvenorthwest.org.uk or contact 0151 644 4500 or 0151 652 4349.

If you’re already a Wirral Council employee, as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress, and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

Working at Wirral

You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start:

Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things, and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing, and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.

Each voice is heard, each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.

We want you to be your best at work, we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If you’d like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible, please contact recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

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