Financial Transaction Officer
| Posting date: | 15 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £18.51 to £24.10 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £18.51 per hour PAYE (equivalent to £24.10 umbrella) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2025 |
| Location: | Lewisham, South East London |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Neway International Ltd |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 1518101 |
Summary
Neway are looking for a Financial Transaction Officer to join our client based with Lewisham Council.
This role is starting asap, working 35 hours a week in an ongoing contract.
Experience in processing invoice/payment request transactions. Use of ContrOCC (Liquid Logic), Oracle Financial/payables are preferable but not essential.
Main purpose of job:
To provide professional, customer focused, efficient and effective financial transactional services to a range of stakeholders. To work with officers across the Council to ensure that appropriate financial controls are in operation including high volume and /or high value transactions. Ensuring all receipts or payments are dealt with professionally and in accordance with Audit recommendations and Financial Regulations.
Duties and responsibilities
1 To contribute to a first class Financial Transactional Service processing payments coming in and going out of the Council.
2 To be able to work to strict deadlines and timetables
3 Responsible for making and receiving payments to/from a wide variety of debtors and creditors
4 To contribute to the delivery of a wide range of financial processing functions by inputting data, validating data, analysing evidence and maintaining accurate and detailed records
5 To liaise with internal stakeholders across the Council (including, but not limited to, budget holders, team leaders and social workers) to ensure smooth running of the Financial Transactional Service
6 To liaise with, and provide good customer service to, external stakeholders (including, but not limited to, foster carers, suppliers of goods and services, PPF providers and other debtors and creditors) to facilitate the payment of invoices and / or the collection of payments. This should include taking a proactive approach to resolving any discrepancies.
This role is starting asap, working 35 hours a week in an ongoing contract.
Experience in processing invoice/payment request transactions. Use of ContrOCC (Liquid Logic), Oracle Financial/payables are preferable but not essential.
Main purpose of job:
To provide professional, customer focused, efficient and effective financial transactional services to a range of stakeholders. To work with officers across the Council to ensure that appropriate financial controls are in operation including high volume and /or high value transactions. Ensuring all receipts or payments are dealt with professionally and in accordance with Audit recommendations and Financial Regulations.
Duties and responsibilities
1 To contribute to a first class Financial Transactional Service processing payments coming in and going out of the Council.
2 To be able to work to strict deadlines and timetables
3 Responsible for making and receiving payments to/from a wide variety of debtors and creditors
4 To contribute to the delivery of a wide range of financial processing functions by inputting data, validating data, analysing evidence and maintaining accurate and detailed records
5 To liaise with internal stakeholders across the Council (including, but not limited to, budget holders, team leaders and social workers) to ensure smooth running of the Financial Transactional Service
6 To liaise with, and provide good customer service to, external stakeholders (including, but not limited to, foster carers, suppliers of goods and services, PPF providers and other debtors and creditors) to facilitate the payment of invoices and / or the collection of payments. This should include taking a proactive approach to resolving any discrepancies.