Senior Transactions Assistant
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
22/10/2026
Advert End Date:
28/10/2026 12:00
Salary:
£29,542.00 - £30,515.00
Job Category:
Finance / Benefits / Revenues / Procurement
Employment Location:
Redcar & Cleveland House
Further Information
We’re looking for a proactive and driven Senior Transactions Assistant for Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable to join our busy, high-performing team, where your work will directly support the Council’s financial operations and help ensure our Suppliers are paid accurately and on time and our Customers are invoiced and payment collected in a timely manner.
As part of the Transactions team you’ll play a key role in maintaining efficient processes and strong Supplier/Customer relationships.
In this fast-paced environment, you will be responsible for processing invoices, resolving Supplier queries, reconciling accounts and ensuring payments are made in line with agreed timescales and financial procedures. Producing invoices, resolving Customer queries, reconciling accounts and ensuring payments are collected with agreed timescales and financial procedures.
You’ll bring a professional, customer-focused approach, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to work accurately under pressure while delivering high standards of service.
About You
A team player, you’ll bring experience from a customer-focused, financial or administrative environment and be confident communicating with a wide range of stakeholders.
You will need to have:
- Strong written communication skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
- The ability to investigate and resolve payment and invoice queries effectively.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload.
- A proactive, self-motivated approach with a genuine team ethos.
- Good IT skills, including experience using Microsoft Office applications and financial systems.You will work closely with Suppliers, Customers, service areas, and colleagues across the Council, ensuring invoices are processed efficiently, debts are collected in a timely manner and queries are resolved promptly.
- Experience within an Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable team or similar finance environment is highly desirable.
For more information, please contact June Hesleurst on 01642 444245
We offer a range very attractive Employee Benefits and Rewards including
- Generous annual leave of up to 34 days per year
- Hybrid Working (where appropriate)
- Flexible working hours (where appropriate)
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Access to numerous other salary sacrifice schemes
- Access to our employee health and wellbeing platform, which includes an exciting range of staff benefits, including, spreading the cost of home and electronics, bike shop, car scheme, gym membership, lifestyle savings
- A range of Staff Network groups
For more details: https://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/benefits-and-rewards