Payments Analyst

Our Accounts Team has an opportunity for a Payments Analyst to join the team on a maternity cover basis. Reporting to the Payments Manager, this role will play a key part in supporting the day‑to‑day payments function and ensuring the smooth operation of payment processes.

Responsibilities

• Processing of supplier and Sub‑contractor payments in multicurrency
• Select/deselect purchase invoices and sub‑contractors due for payment. Checking that all payments are made within credit terms.
• Reconciliation of supplier payments to creditors statement
• Preparing of remittance advices
• Preparation of sundry Bacs/cheque payments & posting payments to the creditor’s ledger, ensuring that all necessary authorisations have been obtained
• Distribution of cheques to suppliers
• Updating bank statements, posting payments to creditors ledger and cashbook
• Dealing with supplier’s queries efficiently and effectively, liaising closely with the cost team, to ensure that discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner
• Work closely with other departments to ensure smooth financial operations and correct ledger entries
• Setting up new supplier accounts, following company procedures to ensure accounts are verified correctly
• General office tasks including filing, photocopying, dealing with telephone queries

Qualifications

• Held previous role in preparing payment runs for at least 1 year.
• Good knowledge and understanding of using a computerised purchase ledger
• Good working knowledge of Excel. Use of VLOOKUP’s would be an advantage, however not essential
• Excellent attention to detail and well organised
• Able to work within tight deadlines in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment
• Able to work independently and as part of a team

Job Info

• Job Identification 266
• Job Category Corporate Functions
• Posting Date 07/03/2026, 12:22 PM
• Locations Dunmurry, County Antrim, United Kingdom
• Job Schedule Full time