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Job overview

This role is within the Financial Accounts team. The role requires the applicant to undertake a range of duties within the Accounts Payable team, all in accordance with the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions, Scheme of Reservation and Delegation and internal office procedures.

To contribute to the provision of a quality, responsive Finance service throughout the Trust.

Main duties of the job

1. Contributing to the efficient functioning of the Accounts Payable section through the prompt processing of invoices and related maintenance of supplier accounts. Ensuring all invoices and credit notes are checked, prior to payment, against order documentation.
2. Assisting in maintaining the public sector payment policy target by resolving internal invoice queries from budget holders and helping to reduce delays in the receipt of orders and goods received notes from the Supplies department.
3. Liaising with the Supplies department to ensure that queries are kept to a minimum and that the process functions in an efficient manner.
4. Provision of information to the Trust’s Management Accounting section regarding the status of key supplier accounts for use in the month-end process.
5. Dealing with customer queries as they arise in a responsible and professional manner to ensure the good reputation of the Trust is maintained.
6. Ensuring that supplier statements are reconciled on a timely basis and are up to date. Ensures that this information is communicated to relevant organisations through the main exercises 
7. Responsible for the collation, checking and recommendation of payments to suppliers before payment runs are authorised and actioned.
8. Ensuring that the Trust’s policy on purchase orders is followed, querying invoices without a valid purchase order with suppliers and internally and resolving issues in accordance with the Trust’s Scheme of Reservation and Delegation.

Working for our organisation

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.