Payments Assistant

Do you enjoy working with numbers, payments, and keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes?

Think Accountancy & Finance are supporting a rapidly growing and well-established business in their search for a Payment Assistant to join their socialable and supportive payments team in Chester.

This is a great opportunity for someone with some experience in invoicing, payroll administration, or timesheets, and someone who enjoys working in a structured environment where accuracy and organisation are key.

You'll play an important role in ensuring subcontractors and employees are paid accurately and on time, while building strong working relationships with clients and agencies.

As part of a supportive and collaborative payments team, you'll be responsible for managing your own group of clients and ensuring all payment processes run smoothly.

Your responsibilities will include:

Processing subcontractor and employee timesheets and managing client invoicing in line with agreements
Ensuring payments are processed accurately and on time, taking into account agreed payment dates and methods
Building strong working relationships with agencies and providing clear, accurate information when required
Managing reconciliations and maintaining accurate records for all client accounts
Supporting with payment queries, tax queries and payment amendments
Following debt recovery procedures and liaising with relevant parties to resolve outstanding payments
Providing general administrative support to the payments team when required.

This role would suit someone who enjoys working with numbers, processes and detail.

We'd love to hear from someone who:

Has experience in invoicing, payroll, timesheets, finance admin or similar processes
Is highly organised and able to prioritise tasks effectively
Has excellent attention to detail, particularly when working with data and payments
Communicates confidently, both written and verbally
Has strong numerical ability
Is comfortable using Microsoft Excel
Enjoys working as part of a collaborative team environment

25 days holiday + bank holidays (increasing with service)
Pension scheme
Life assurance
Health Assured wellbeing support
Cycle to Work scheme
Annual pay reviews
Employee referral scheme
Long service recognition
Employee awards and recognition programmes

If you have experience in payments, invoicing, payroll, timesheets or finance administration and are looking to join a growing business with a supportive team environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Think Accountancy and Finance is the finance division of Think Specialist Recruitment, an independent recruitment agency based in Hemel Hempstead and working across the Herts, Beds and Bucks area. We specialise in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment with areas of expertise including: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Finance Admin, Part Qualified Finance, Credit Control and Bookkeepers.