Accounts Payable Assistant

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Police Staff
Temporary
Full Time
Service Hub - Accts Payable
Bristol, Patchway Police Centre- BS34 6PY
SC 3

£23,121 - £24,462

Please note, if this is a paid role and the role is part time then the salary quoted will be pro rata based on the hours worked per annum.  
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20/02/2023, 12:00

Are you an organised, accurate and proactive person who likes to work on your own initiative?

Do you strive to maintain high standards of customer service?

If so, we are looking for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team to cover a period of maternity leave lasting approximately 9 months.  We manage all the invoices for the Constabulary, deal with a range of queries and maintain excellent working relationships with our customers.

Your work location will be Patchway Police Centre but as this role is blended you will be able to work from home the majority of the time.  You will only be expected to be visit your workplace a couple of times per month.

Your role will include:

  • Receiving and accurately processing invoices for payment
  • Providing excellent customer service and building good working relationships with customers
  • Pro-actively managing work cycles to ensure prompt payment of invoices
  • Supporting other team members and working well as a team

What we can offer you:

A package of financial, lifestyle and health benefits to support whatever stage of life you're in. Including:

  • Flexible working
  • Continuous professional development
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Employee Assistance scheme offering help through counselling services, legal advice, fitness advice, personal coaching and health assessment
  • Staff discount scheme for savings on shopping, days out, sporting events, holidays

What do you need?

  • Experience of using IT systems, including Microsoft Office applications.
  • Ability to work on own initiative as well as in a team.
  • Excellent customer relation skills to liaise with suppliers, internal and external customers both verbally and in writing.
  • Experience in accurate data extraction and input.

To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a 3 year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years.

If you think that you have these qualities and are interested in joining our team, we would love to hear from you.

Does this sound like the role for you? Click the link below to apply.

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Blended Working/ Hybrid Working

Avon and Somerset Police encourage flexible working where operationally possible.
This role has been identified as a blended role.
The successful candidate for this role will have the opportunity to work from home whilst also at a secondary work location, which will be a police premises. The successful applicant will have the option to discuss working arrangements with their line manager. All applicants must reside within the UK.

Important information before you commence an application (for external applicants)

You will require the following detail to complete this application form:

  • National Insurance Number
  • Identification Detail e.g. passport
  • Address information including proof 
  • Referee information
  • Full employment history including dates and any qualifications you may have attained
  •  Tattoos - you will also be requested to provide photos and describe of any visible tattoos you have

If the role requires you to drive you will also be required to upload details from your full driving licence including photos. 

Important information before you commence an application- for ALL applicants

The application system only remains active on a single page for a period of 60 minutes.

Please ensure you allow time to complete your application fully as part complete pages do not save.  

If the role has evidence questions you may wish to save these remotely and paste your answers into the boxes at time of submission. 

This vacancy is closed to applications.