Accounts Payable Officer

Job Summary

East Dunbartonshire Council have exciting opportunities to join the Council’s Procurement Support Team and play an integral part in the support and delivery of our ambitious programme of investment and development across East Dunbartonshire.

With having recently undergone system transformational change, migrating to Oracle Fusion, this is a positive time for change in support of managing the Councils finances. These posts play an invaluable role in the processing, management and reconciliation of the council’s invoices and payments. Responsibilities of the role will include the development and operation of accounts payable processes and procedures to ensure effective service delivery to all Council Directorates, along with the update and maintenance of a variety of computerised systems in use by the Procurement Teams.

As part of Workforce of the Future, these posts are designated as remote/hybrid worker style with a balance of home/ office working, to take account the needs of the service and enable collaborative working within the Procurement Team and wider organisation.

PVG / Disclosure Scotland

PVG / Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria

Where the post you are applying for is considered Regulated Work under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by HR Services Lead.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.

• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.

• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.

• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.

• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.

• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)

• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.

• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.

 

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