United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Payments Officer, Finance team

About us

Adam Smith International is an award-winning, global professional services business that delivers real impact, value and lasting change to people living in poverty around the world. Our projects support economic growth and government reform, and our experience and results have led us to become a trusted leader in delivering a comprehensive range of sustainable and high impact programmes.

Our projects are funded by a wide range of donor organisations, including the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the Swedish and Danish Government’s development agencies Sida and Danida, the European Commission, DFAT, and the Asian Development Bank.

About the finance team

The team currently consists of 14 people split between 3 specialist areas of associate support, corporate accounting and project accounting. A vibrant team with a strong sense of team spirit committed to delivering excellence and constant innovative improvement.

Adam Smith International is now recruiting for a Payments Officer position to support the current finance team after a phase of company expansion.

As part of the finance team you will also collaborate on a variety of projects to achieve broader “best practice” throughout the organisation. You will be part of a new, dynamic and growing finance team.

Adam Smith International is a successful and profitable company, so there is great potential to develop your career and knowledge.

About the Role

The accounts payable clerk will perform a key role in Adam Smith International’s finance team through providing support in processing and verifying all purchase invoices incurred as a result of project delivery and corporate activities. The Payments Officer will be the main contact for associate consultants on procedure compliance with company policy.

You will:

· Take ownership of international and domestic payments. Circa 700 international and 500 domestics.

· Manage a high volume of internal transfer requests and processing with set timescales and managing overseas cash levels.

· Accurate processing of high value outgoing payments.

· Nominal journal entries to aid the reconciliation of GBP and USD bank accounts.· Maintenance of accurate payments filing to assist with project audits

· Using online payment systems to move money within strict deadlines

· Completing reports related to payment reviews – payment errors and delays log.

· Dealing with associate related payment queries

· Building and maintaining relationships with payment agents.

About You

A member of the Finance Team should have the ability to build effective relationships with internal customers/external providers and to work effectively in a challenging environment. He/she should relish working in a team, should be detailed, energetic, positive, and genuinely committed to achieving lasting change in their work.

Adam Smith International seeks the following skills and experience:

· Relevant experience and proven track record in a corporate, highly professional environment – ideally international consultancy.

· Must have previous SWIFT and BACS payments processing experience.

· Impeccable attention to detail is essential.

· Strong computer and numerical literacy. Advanced excel user.· Organised and able to adhere to deadlines.

· High standard of communication.

· Proactive, self-starter and resourceful

· Ability to cope under pressure.

· Good work ethic and a drive to develop.

· High level of emotional intelligence.

· Resilient to changing circumstances.

· Be eligible to work in UK.

What We Offer You

We have a strong commitment to our people and strive to live by our principles:

· Take responsibility(Accountability). We are individually and collectively accountable for what we do.

· Always find a way (Resourcefulness). We think innovatively to reach a solution.

· Promote Quality (Excellence). We maintain and promote professional standards in everything we do.

· Commit to the Outcome (Achievement).We take pride in delivering our best to achieve results

We’ve built a culture to reflect our principles, full of likeminded professionals who are smart, passionate and great at what they do. We have a headquarter overlooking the Thames in a central London location. We offer a competitive salary withannum plus excellent bonus and benefits.