Accounts Payable Officer | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
The post holder is responsible for ensuring that financial documents are uploaded and processed in accordance with agreed principles and in a timely manner.
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
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
- To maintain regular contact with Budget Holders and ensure that invoices
- Ensure that all supplier communications received individually and to the
- 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
- To ensure that all supplier statements are reconciled on a regular basis
- 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.
- 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
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
- To maintain regular contact with Budget Holders and ensure that invoices
- Ensure that all supplier communications received individually and to the
- 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
- To ensure that all supplier statements are reconciled on a regular basis
- Adapting to changes that are brought in to streamline processes
- Comply with all department internal procedures and policies
- Responsible for performing calculations on invoices received, in respect of VAT, discounts and numerical accuracy.
- To provide information to managers and colleagues as required. Complex
escalated to the Accounts Payable Team Leader and/or Manager as
required ensuring the necessary information is provided.
- To understand and apply VAT rules to invoicing processing, ensuring
- To process goods received notes to ensure that they correspond to the
- To assist with Audits being conducted by providing documents requested
- To deal with all supplier queries, ensuring these are investigated and
- Carry out general office duties such as scanning, photocopying, filling, ordering of stationery and reporting issues to the estates department
- Maintain all electronic and paper-based filing systems appropriately, regularly taking action to rectify issues with mis-filing or inadequate labelling of documentation. Participate in filing systems reviews / overhauls and large-scale scanning projects as and when required.
- Carry any out other ad hoc duties as directed by the Accounts Payable
Team Leader / Manager
This advert closes on Monday 3 Mar 2025