Payments Coordinator

Payments Coordinator

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£39,274 per annum (pay award pending) – Grade 7

Leeds / Hybrid

Full time / Fixed term – 2 years

Closing date – 6 August at 23:55

Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share.

We’re looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Payments Coordinator to join our Operator Payments Team, within the wider Transport Services Directorate. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in managing the reimbursement of bus and rail operators delivering services across the region. As Payments Coordinator, you will lead on payments for a range of statutory and discretionary travel schemes, including concessionary travel, MCard (prepaid tickets), and capped fares. A key part of the role involves implementing the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) and ensuring that MCard payments are calculated and administered accurately on behalf of the West Yorkshire Ticketing Company Limited (WYTCL).

As we prepare to bring buses back under public control through franchising, our new Payments Coordinator will help to ensure our payment systems remain robust and reliable, whilst also supporting the development of new processes to enable a seamless transition to this new way of working.

Our Offer

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:

· 28 days Annual Leave (increasing upon years of service) plus Bank Holidays

· Generous Employer-Contribution Pension Scheme

· Free Travel on rail and buses across West Yorkshire with the M-Card (Zones 1-5)

· Flexible Working Practices with Health & Wellbeing initiatives, including agile working options, as well as a generous flexi-time scheme to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals.

· Bright, airy, modern office space, with all latest technology, just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station.

The Role

Reporting into the Service Accountant, your key responsibilities will include:

· Lead monthly preparation and verification of concession and prepaid ticket payments to bus operators.

· Manage two Payments Admin Assistants to ensure timely and accurate processing.

· Produce monthly MCard payment reports and maintain strong operator relationships to ensure accurate data and prompt query resolution.

Please review the Role Profile for more information about the responsibilities.

About You

You will have the following key skills, attributes, education and experience:

· Qualified Accounting Technician – AAT level 4 Diploma or equivalent

· Proficient user of Microsoft Excel, understanding complex formulae and multiple functions

· Good organisational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines

· The ability to work off your own initiative

· Good communication skills

· Knowledge of the Transport industry beneficial, but not essential

To Apply

If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements under the ‘About You’ section of the advert and within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form.

Further Information

The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people\’s age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met.

Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis