Purchase 2 Pay Processing Officers
| Posting date: | 25 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £28,695 to £34,669 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National: £28,695 - £30,664 London: £32,744 - £34,669 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2025 |
| Location: | London |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 399465/2 |
Summary
Do you care about the safety of products and want to protect people and places? Can we use your skills, knowledge and experience to enable UK business to thrive? If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you!
We are the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), part of the Department for Business & Trade. We are here for the purpose of making regulation work to deliver real world impact. Regulation is a powerful Government tool to address market failures, influence behaviour and promote positive action. Crafted and delivered well, regulation can be an enabler of growth, innovation and efficiency.
Our primary purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence.
Further information can be found on our website here.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. We embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.
Are you passionate about making a positive difference in people's lives across the UK? Do you have strong numerical abilities, an eye for detail, and a methodical approach? If so, we want to hear from you!
About Us: Our Resource Management team is dedicated to financial planning, monitoring, processing, and procurement. We are committed to helping our organisation deliver its goals while ensuring that our colleagues are aligned with our processes to drive the best use of public money.
Your Role: We are looking for two dedicated individuals to join our Resourcing Team, supporting our purchase-to-pay function. In this role, you will work with suppliers across the UK and overseas, guiding them through the purchasing process and handling day-to-day enquiries through to payment. You will also collaborate with colleagues across the OPSS and DBT, including senior management, to ensure a seamless and efficient procurement process.
What We Offer:
- Impactful Work: Your efforts will directly contribute to the effective use of public funds, making a tangible difference in the lives of people across the UK.
- Professional Growth: DBT values and promotes learning and development for all its staff. As part of this role, you will have the opportunity to undertake a Business Administration apprenticeship (subject to eligibility).
- Collaborative Environment: You will be part of a supportive team that values collaboration and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide expert advice on purchase-to-pay processes and deliver training to business areas where non-compliance is identified.
- Collaborate and lead the creation of low-value (under £10k) contracts, ensuring all aspects, including costs, are accurately captured.
- Purchase and log products that OPSS intends to test under its enforcement remit.
- Raise purchase orders and Accounts Receivable invoices in Oracle with a high degree of accuracy.
- Respond promptly and helpfully to queries on a range of finance and commercial issues.
- Compile OPSS data for information reporting.
- Liaise with suppliers, business teams, DBT Commercial, UKSBS, and DBT Finance.
- Make the best use of IT applications available to DBT and become an expert in financial applications such as Oracle.
- Undertake any other duties reasonably requested by line management that are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of the post.
DBT values and promotes learning and development for all its staff. As part of this offer, all our Executive Officer (EO) roles are offered with the opportunity to undertake an apprenticeship for eligible candidates. For this role, the apprenticeship we are offering is Business Administration level 3. If you have any questions about the apprenticeship and what the requirements or eligibility are please contact opss.recruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk
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