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.