Technical Officer

Job Description

Salary range:  Grade 7 £38,256 £39,276 p.a. plus fantastic benefits
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week 
Location: Croydon

Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a passion for service excellence and technical accuracy? Croydon Council is seeking an Accounts Payable Technical Officer to join our dynamic Payments, Revenues, Benefits and Debt team.

About the Role

As an Accounts Payable Technical Officer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth and accurate processing of payments across the council. You’ll provide expert technical support, maintain high service standards, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our Accounts Payable function.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll:

• Validate and process supplier invoices and payments (BACS, cheques, CHAPS, foreign drafts).
• Reconcile supplier statements.
• Provide guidance and support to Data Input Officers and other departments.
• Conduct quality checks and produce monitoring reports.
• Support the administration of our Premier Supplier Programme

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone with:

• Significant experience in a high-volume Accounts Payable environment.
• Excellent knowledge of the purchase-to-pay process and financial controls.
• Advanced skills in Oracle (Accounts Payable module), Excel, and Word.
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities.
• A proactive, professional approach with a commitment to confidentiality, diversity, and data protection.

Why Join Us?

Croydon Council is committed to diversity, sustainability, and continuous improvement. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that values innovation and integrity, with opportunities to contribute to service development and process enhancements.

Additional Information

• Occasional work outside normal hours may be required.

• This role is not politically restricted.

About us

Croydon Council’s priorities

The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services

• Get a grip on the finances and make the council financially sustainable
• Become a council which listens to, respects and works in partnership with Croydon’s diverse communities and businesses
• Strengthen collaboration and joint working with partner organisations and the voluntary, community and faith sectors
• Ensure good governance is embedded and adopt best practice
• Develop our workforce to deliver in a manner that respects the diversity of our communities

• Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning
• Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential
• Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home
• People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer
• Croydon Council’s new ways of working

Equal Opportunities Statement

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.