Senior Payments Administrator

Our people are what makes Severn Trent a truly exciting and inclusive place to work. We’re a team of over 9,000 people with a purpose to deliver one of life’s essentials, and we do it all while thriving in our unique culture.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality, as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities we represent.

It’s an exciting time to join, as we have a huge ambition to deliver bigger and better than ever before over our next 5-year regulatory period. If you’re seeking an exciting and thoroughly rewarding career in Finance, Severn Trent is the place to be.

If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Working as a Senior Payments Administrator at Severn Trent is a unique role, the role supports the processing and payment of employee expenses and company purchasing card transactions. Furthermore, you will monitor to ensure individual claims conform with the company expense and purchase card policies and external statutory guidelines e.g. HRMC. You will work alongside Expense Advisors and report directly into the Payment & Expenses Lead. The role has the potential to interact with all employees of the business to serve the best outcome possible.

Key accountabilities for the role are:

Ensure all claims are correctly authorised and in line with company policy and Inland Revenue guidelines
Identify system and process improvements on a continuous basis
Regular and ad-hoc reporting to support the businesses needs regarding the Concur Expenses system and management of purchasing card approvals and reallocations processes.
The ability to generate and interpret management information generated from reporting.
Manage the day-to-day relationship with purchasing card provider, including issuing of new cards, and deactivation of leaver cards.
Queries are professionally handled, logged and followed.
Provide coaching and education to expense claimants and managers to ensure that exceptions to the process are minimised.
To provide data and spend analysis to Procurement to enable to identification of cost reduction opportunities.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

We will be looking for you to be experienced in general accounting and administrative processes along with looking at the bigger picture. Knowledge of the Concur expense system and the ability to create ad-hoc reports in Cognos would be advantageous. As would the drive to create continuous improvements to existing processes.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involve. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you?

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

25 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
Annual bonus scheme (of up to £1,500 per annum based on company performance)
Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate

10% monthly discount with Busy Bee Nurserys, and one-week free childcare
Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
Family friendly policies
Two volunteering days per year

WHATS NEXT?

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. If you’re not too sure about what you need to do, or have a question about the role before applying, please do reach out to our amazing team of recruiters at recruitment@severntrent.co.uk.

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