Income & Payables Officer

Income & Payables Officer

Post No: TBC

Salary: Starting from £25,584 to £27,269 per annum

Grade: Grade 3

Hours: 37 hours per week

Place of work: Worthing Town Hall - Hybrid Working Policy Applies

Closing date: 8th June 2025

Interviews: TBC

Adur & Worthing Councils are looking for a Income and Payables Officer to contribute to the efficient processing of our financial transactions and provide crucial support to our Finance Department.

In this role, you will:

Process sundry debtors and supplier invoices accurately. Maintain customer and supplier details for correct invoice processing. Input manual payments and direct debits. Handle supplier, customer, and employee finance enquiries. Assist with the collation of statistical information. Ensure high standards of customer care. Provide cover across various finance sections. Process quantities of coins and balance cash and cheque payments. Act as a positive representative of the Finance Department.

We are looking for someone with:

Willingness to adapt to new ways of working. Enthusiasm for teamwork and collaboration. Honesty, openness, and a proactive approach. Ability to perform the essential function of handling and counting cash accurately, with or without reasonable adjustments. Good communication and interpersonal skills. Strong organisational and time management abilities. GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent).

Ideally, you will also have:

AAT Level 2 (or equivalent). Experience in local government. Experience handling customer enquiries.

If this sounds like the role you have been looking for, we look forward to receiving your application!

At Adur & Worthing, we are committed to supporting care leavers, in accordance with the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and the Children and Social Work Act 2017. To that end, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for anyone meeting the essential criteria of the role they are applying for. In order to be considered for this, you will need to be a care leaver under the age of 25 at the time of application. Please confirm that you are a care leaver in the "Showing how you meet the person specification and job description" section of the application form.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of applicants declaring a disability, that meet the essential criteria for this position, will be offered an interview.

Staff are our most important asset and we therefore have a benefit package which reflects our continuing commitment to our employees. This includes:

Generous leave entitlement; a minimum of 26 days + Bank Holiday entitlement Local Government Pension Training & development Occupational Health Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Employee resource groups/networks Buddy Support Programme Flexible working options

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. Staff work in a supportive and safe environment, recognising their responsibility to value and respect each other’s contributions. Standards of conduct must be of the highest level to ensure that no-one is harassed, bullied or victimised. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums and are keen to hear from applicants from a variety of different backgrounds.