Supplier Management Officer 6135

Title: Supplier Management Officer

Contract Type: Permanent

Persona: Agile (1-2 days in office, 3-4 day working from home per week)

Location: Stratford, E15 4PH or Manchester, M33 6AG

Salary: London weighted starting from £31,+23. Outside London/Regional starting from: £28,045 PA depending on experience + ECU Allowance of £1,300 is paid in accordance with requirements of the relevant policy as updated from time to time.

Closing date for completed applications: 20th October 2024

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

We offer a competitive annual salary and staff benefits package.
• Strong family-friendly policies
• Hybrid working Model
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Committed Learning & Development
• Annual leave starting from 28 days rising to 31 PLUS bank holidays
• Excellent Pension Scheme – double contribution up to 6%
• Generous non-contributory life assurance
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Great places to work certified 2023
• Best Workplaces for Women

We are looking for an experienced Supplier Management Officer to work in our Accounts Payable Team

Reporting into Accounts payable Manager along side 5 other Supplier Management officers, and a team of + Invoice Processing Clerks.

Accounts payable experience is essential, main duties are weekly BACS runs, cheque runs, void out of date cheques, setting up new supplier accounts as per procedure, supplier amendments, Supplier Statement Reconciliation, answer supplier queries, urgent payments as and when needed, applying payments to invoices.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Some experience of working in a similar accounts function.
• Some familiarity with basic accounting operations such that is able to deal with more complicated issues than the Finance Officers and support with their questions.
• Must have excellent customer service skills.
• Organised to deal with own workload and meet deadlines.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications especially Excel.
• Able, through experience, to apply a degree of judgement to deal with unfamiliar situations.

Our Commitments:

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.

In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 28 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, excellent Pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance.

For the fifth year in a row, we have been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women in the super large category.

We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.

L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 100,000 homes, primarily across London and the South East.

As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy.

Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.