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Payments Officer

Closing date: 02/10/2026

Reference: REQ106895

Internal Only

37 hours / Permanent

26,427 - 26,847 *

Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth

*All salary values are pro-rata.

About the role

Only current employees may apply for this job.

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.

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

  • Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
  • Flexi-time: Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.

    Additional Information

    Job Description and Person Specification

    Team Ceredigion Information Pack

    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.

    What we offer

    Work-life balance

    Lifestyle savings scheme

    Generous employer pension scheme

    Cycle to work scheme

    Learning and development

    Where you'll work

    Finance and Procurement

    We ensure the Council remains financially resilient through careful and responsible monitoring of funds, effective corporate procurement, prompt and accurate payments of financial assessments/creditors and timely collection of local taxation/debts.

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