Payments Specialist

Job offer

SUMMARY:

As the Payments Specialist, you will be supporting accurate and timely completion of payments activities and maintaining records for the company, like processing and managing payments. Together with the team, you will ensure accurate and timely delivery of payments activities towards our third party suppliers/vendors, as well as our colleagues for their Travel & Expense requests.

WHAT’S AHEAD OF YOU? YOU WILL:

• Validate and process prepayments and direct debits
• Generate payments propositions in a timely manner
• Process electronic payments and liaise with bank to make necessary adjustments to failed payments
• Send system-generated electronic remittance advices and generated cheques to vendor/supplier
• Assist with validating rush payment approvals in line with associated policies and processing rush payments
• Ensure payments activities prior to and during period end close are compliant with fiscal close calendar, ensuring adequate time for collaboration with various teams impacted
• Ensure all P2P controls are adhered to and documented appropriately
• Apply knowledge to accurately record all payments activities and maintain supporting documentation
• Collaborate with Master Data team for required data points, best practices and standards and data issues
• Work independently to a large extent, but you’ll also be able to raise any issues and queries that exceed your experience to the Team Lead and team senior Specialists
• Take active part in the ERP system change planned for next year

WHAT REQUIREMENTS DO WE HAVE:

• ideally 1-2 years’ experience in P2P payments operations OR experience in AP, banking, treasury or general finance administration
• Fluent English language skills
• Strong MS Excel skills with a proven aptitude to interpret vendor/supplier and financial data 
• Basic knowledge of finance business processes, payments policies, treatment strategies, and accounting principles  
• Basic knowledge of core finance systems, ERP and related specialty functional systems, frameworks, and functionality 
• Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with proactive approach

Start: ideally mid September or 1st October 2025