Ceredigion County Council

Payments Officer

SA46 0PA

Key information

Pay
£26,427 to £26,847 a year
Hours
Full-time
Contract
Permanent
Workplace arrangement
On-site
Posted date
24 Sep 2026
Closing date
28 Oct 2026

About this role

We are seeking a Payments Officer to join our busy Procurement & Commissioning Service.

The successful applicant will be directly involved in the critical and varied steps of the

Council’s payment processes including

  • the efficient processing of Supplier invoices,
  • updating Creditor accounts,
  • all duties relating to the processing of the BACS payment run,
  • handling external Supplier and Contractor enquiries,
  • and dealing with enquiries from other Services throughout the Council.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the requirements of the post.

Our offer to you

We are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role’s key areas of responsibility but in addition, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.

In exchange for your skills and commitment we will offer you a range of employee benefits including flexible working, competitive annual leave allowance, pension scheme with 14.6% employer contribution, enhanced family benefits, lifestyle savings and employee health and wellbeing packages.

More information about our wide-ranging employee benefits can be found here [https://careers.ceredigion.gov.uk/lifeceredigion/].

We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:

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Hybrid Working

Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.

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Flexi-time

Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.

Additional Information

Job Description and Person Specification [https://hreforms.ceredigion.gov.uk/ufs/jdps/REQ106895.pdf]

Team Ceredigion Information Pack [https://pack.careers.ceredigion.gov.uk/]

Get in touch

For further information and an informal discussion regarding this post please contact

Ross Edwards

Ross.Edwards@ceredigion.gov.uk / 01970 633654.

Note

We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.

For more details regarding this vacancy, please refer to the full job description on the Ceredigion County Council careers website.