Finance Team Assistant - Payables

About us

Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. Our busy Accounts Payable team is currently recruiting for a Finance Team Assistants to join our Accounts Payable team. The roles will be assisting the Payables Manager in providing a first class service, ensuring payments made to suppliers, employees and volunteers are accurate, complete and executed in a timely manner.

Some of the benefits

• Salary £24,242
• Life assurance 
• Health and dental cashplan 
• 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays 
• Flexible working opportunities
• Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)

About the role

The role will focus on the following areas:

• All aspects of purchase ledger
• Manual invoice posting
• Invoice verification
• Manual cheque posting
• Queries – internal/external customers
• Remittances and filing
• Control account reconciliations as required
• Supplier statement reconciliations as required
• Any other duties assigned by the Team Leader from time to time including cover for other Accounts Payable teams

About you

The ideal candidate must be qualified to at least GCSE level (incl. English and Maths) or equivalent and have demonstrable experience of working in an office, ideally in a financial environment. You will also have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.

If you consider yourself to be someone who is organised and enjoys working in a busy team delivering excellent customer service then please apply.

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.