# Accounts Payable Senior Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/accounts-payable-senior-assistant/410625b8-3244-470e-b1da-0fd96f5b9d6c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/accounts-payable-senior-assistant/410625b8-3244-470e-b1da-0fd96f5b9d6c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Basingstoke - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-01T14:01:15.567Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hampshire/Basingstoke/Hampshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Accounts_Payable_Senior_Assistant/Accounts_Payable_Senior_Assistant-v8088488 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8088488?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, patient care is at the heart of everything we do. The Accounts Payable Senior Assistant provides essential support to the Trust’s payables function, ensuring accurate processing, record keeping and reporting of aged creditors. The post holder will provide comprehensive support to the Accounts Payable Manager and wider team in the delivery of an efficient and effective Accounts Payable service. The role will focus on processing high volumes of transactions, resolving queries, and maintaining accurate financial records in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. The post holder will work closely with NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure invoices and payments are processed accurately and in a timely manner. The successful candidate will be well organised, able to prioritise workload to meet deadlines, and demonstrate strong attention to detail in a high-volume environment. ### Main duties of the job The role involves monitoring key workflows such as non-PO invoices, interface rejections, Oracle holds, and PO matching queues, ensuring issues are identified and resolved within agreed timescales to minimise disruption to supplier payments and financial reporting. A core responsibility is supporting compliance with the Trust’s No PO No Pay policy, providing guidance to stakeholders, challenging non-compliance, and escalating issues where necessary. The role also involves maintaining strong working relationships with suppliers, internal departments, and SBS, ensuring queries are handled effectively and escalated appropriately. The postholder contributes to process improvement, identifying recurring issues and supporting the implementation of solutions to enhance efficiency and control. They also play an important role in month-end activities, including reviewing GRNI and aged creditors reports, ensuring outstanding items are resolved, and supporting accurate financial reporting. In addition, the role includes monitoring performance against KPIs, supporting audit requirements, maintaining financial controls, and contributing to working capital management. The Senior Assistant supports operational activities within the team, assists management where required, and may provide cover for key responsibilities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. ## Job Details At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, patient care is at the heart of everything we do. The Accounts Payable Senior Assistant provides essential support to the Trust’s payables function, ensuring accurate processing, record keeping and reporting of aged creditors. The post holder will provide comprehensive support to the Accounts Payable Manager and wider team in the delivery of an efficient and effective Accounts Payable service. The role will focus on processing high volumes of transactions, resolving queries, and maintaining accurate financial records in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. The post holder will work closely with NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure invoices and payments are processed accurately and in a timely manner. The successful candidate will be well organised, able to prioritise workload to meet deadlines, and demonstrate strong attention to detail in a high-volume environment. ## Job Description The role involves monitoring key workflows such as non-PO invoices, interface rejections, Oracle holds, and PO matching queues, ensuring issues are identified and resolved within agreed timescales to minimise disruption to supplier payments and financial reporting. A core responsibility is supporting compliance with the Trust’s No PO No Pay policy, providing guidance to stakeholders, challenging non-compliance, and escalating issues where necessary. The role also involves maintaining strong working relationships with suppliers, internal departments, and SBS, ensuring queries are handled effectively and escalated appropriately. The postholder contributes to process improvement, identifying recurring issues and supporting the implementation of solutions to enhance efficiency and control. They also play an important role in month-end activities, including reviewing GRNI and aged creditors reports, ensuring outstanding items are resolved, and supporting accurate financial reporting. In addition, the role includes monitoring performance against KPIs, supporting audit requirements, maintaining financial controls, and contributing to working capital management. The Senior Assistant supports operational activities within the team, assists management where required, and may provide cover for key responsibilities. ## Responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Organised - Team Support & Leadership - Communication Skills ### Qualifications **Essential** - AAT Part qualified ### Purchase ledger experience **Essential** - Experience managing high volumes of invoices - Experience managing high volumes of supplier queries - Experience in supplier statements **Desirable** - Experience in running/approving supplier payment runs - Experience with SBS ## Documents - [hhft employee rewards & benefits (pdf, 723.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=900) - [accounts payable senior assistant (pdf, 1008.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10381543) - [tackling climate change at hampshire hospitals (pdf, 4.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2900) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.