South East London
Payment Officer 6 month FTC
Peabody
£34,400
Full-time
Description
Your typical day could start with processing invoices through our OCR tool, ensuring they are coded correctly and entered into the system within target times. Then you might liaise with suppliers and colleagues to resolve queries on outstanding invoices, helping to clear approval backlogs. Later in the day, you could reconcile supplier statements, ensuring accounts are up to date, before supporting the Payments Business Partner with preparing journal entries in the SUN accounting system.
As a Payments Officer, you’ll be ensuring efficient and accurate payment processes. You’ll play a crucial role in delivering excellent service to both internal and external stakeholders, helping to maintain strong relationships and proactively resolving any payment-related queries.
You’re a detail-focused individual who thrives on organisation and problem-solving. You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with suppliers and colleagues while managing your own workload to meet deadlines. Based on the role requirements, you’ll have the flexibility to work both in the office and remotely, ensuring a productive and balanced work environment.
Your role covers all aspects of payment processing, from invoice management to reconciliation, helping to continuously improve our financial services and customer satisfaction. If you’re organised, solution-focused, and eager to contribute to a high-performing team, we want to hear from you!
To be successful in this role, you’re:
Committed to delivering excellent customer service.
Organised and able to manage your workload effectively to meet deadlines.
Detail-oriented and efficient under pressure.
You’ll have:
Experience in group payments, purchase ledgers, or accounts.
Knowledge of payment policies and procedures.
A proactive approach and a sense of ownership in your work.
If this sounds like the perfect next step in your career, apply today and join our team!
Here are just a few of the benefits of working at Peabody:
30 days’ annual holiday, plus bank holidays
two additional paid volunteering days each year
flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal
4 x salary life assurance
up to 10% pension contribution
If you have any questions about this role, please email Talent Specialist, Chloe Singleton at [email protected]
We may close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.
Interviews will be taking place week commencing 6th January
PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.
Expiry date: 16/01/2025
Payment Officer 6 month FTC
Company
Peabody
Salary
£34,400
Job Type
Full-time
Location
South East London
Our Commitments
Living Wage Employer
Hiring Local
Disability Confident
Building Diverse Workforces
Climate Conscious
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Peabody
Charity & Non-profit Organisations
About us
We're at a particularly exciting point in our story: Catalyst joined the Peabody Group as a subsidiary on 1 April 2022, and should fully merge in April 2023.
The new organisation will be responsible for 104,000 homes, with 220,000 residents across London and the South East of England. By joining together, we’ll go further and faster with our plans to improve our services, invest in our homes and communities and create innovative solutions to the challenges of carbon consumption and building safety.
If you join us you'll be part of something special: fulfilling your ambitions and working with people who truly care. We offer great opportunities to develop and grow and a range of flexible benefits. You'll also have the chance to work with colleagues who want to help people make the most of their lives. We need talented employees who want to make a difference. If this sounds like you we can’t wait to meet you.
Metrics we Are Proud of
4000+
Employees paid the Real or London Living Wage
38%
of our board members are women
20%
Social value weighting in procurement activities
Benefits
Mental Health
Free, confidential assistance programme for 24/7 phone counselling, legal advice, and referral for therapy.
Health and Wellness
Annual allowance to spend on health benefits e.g. gym memberships, cycle-to-work scheme and dental insurance
Giving Back
We also offer payroll giving to charity and you can take two working days to volunteer in the community.
Flexible Working
We're happy to talk flexible working, including part-time, compressed hours or from home.
Learning & Development
Multiple opportunities for L&D, including mentoring, career coaching, apprenticeships or e-learning
Support
We have a team of employee supporters, who can help you access information, support and guidance
Our Commitments
Living Wage Employer
Disability Confident
Hiring Local
Building Diverse Workforces
Climate Conscious
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