Payments Analyst

Payments Analyst

Full-Time 30000 - 40000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Farrans (Construction) Limited

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Support day-to-day payment functions and ensure smooth payment processes.
  • Company: Join a dynamic team in a fast-paced corporate environment.
  • Benefits: Gain valuable experience and develop your financial skills.
  • Other info: Opportunity for growth in a supportive and collaborative workplace.
  • Why this job: Be part of a crucial team that keeps the business running smoothly.
  • Qualifications: Previous experience in payment processing and strong Excel skills preferred.

The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.

Our Accounts Team has an opportunity for a Payments Analyst to join the team on a maternity cover basis.

Reporting to the Payments Manager, this role will play a key part in supporting the day‑to‑day payments function and ensuring the smooth operation of payment processes.

Responsibilities

  • Processing of supplier and Sub‑contractor payments in multicurrency
  • Select/deselect purchase invoices and sub‑contractors due for payment. Checking that all payments are made within credit terms.
  • Reconciliation of supplier payments to creditors statement
  • Preparing of remittance advices
  • Preparation of sundry Bacs/cheque payments & posting payments to the creditor’s ledger, ensuring that all necessary authorisations have been obtained
  • Distribution of cheques to suppliers
  • Updating bank statements, posting payments to creditors ledger and cashbook
  • Dealing with supplier’s queries efficiently and effectively, liaising closely with the cost team, to ensure that discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner
  • Work closely with other departments to ensure smooth financial operations and correct ledger entries
  • Setting up new supplier accounts, following company procedures to ensure accounts are verified correctly
  • General office tasks including filing, photocopying, dealing with telephone queries

Qualifications

  • Held previous role in preparing payment runs for at least 1 year.
  • Good knowledge and understanding of using a computerised purchase ledger
  • Good working knowledge of Excel. Use of VLOOKUP’s would be an advantage, however not essential
  • Excellent attention to detail and well organised
  • Able to work within tight deadlines in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment
  • Able to work independently and as part of a team
  • Job Info
  • Job Identification 266
  • Job Category Corporate Functions
  • Locations Dunmurry, County Antrim, United Kingdom
  • Job Schedule Full time
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Farrans (Construction) Limited

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Farrans (Construction) Limited Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Payments Analyst

Payments Processing
Multicurrency Transactions
Reconciliation Skills
Remittance Advice Preparation
Bacs/Cheque Payment Processing
Creditor Ledger Management
Supplier Query Resolution