Accounts Payable Assistant

Job Title - Accounts Payable Assistant

Salary – from £30,612 per annum

Contract Type – Permanent, full-time (35 hours)

Location - We fully support flexible working, from our superb offices in Holborn and from home. We do require staff to spend 20% of their time in the office. This is subject to role requirements.

About us

Do you want to change healthcare for the better?

Join the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) and you will be part of a professional membership

organisation and registered charity that is committed to advancing surgical care.

We provide world-class education, assessment and development to 30,000 surgeons and dental surgeons at all

stages of their career. Our vision is to see excellent surgical care for everyone. We do this by setting professional standards, facilitating research and championing the best outcomes for patients.

Our heritage home in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Holborn

Nestled in the heart of bustling London, our beautiful heritage building in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Holborn, offers an easily accessible location steeped in history. Now transformed into a centre of excellence for surgery, it provides a welcoming place for all our members to train, meet or network, wherever they live and work.

About the role

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is looking for a committed Accounts Payable Assistant

Responsibilities

  • Review, verify, and process all out-of-pocket expense claims within the D365 finance system
  • Ownership of the expense’s mailbox
  • Process supplier invoice up to 100 per week
  • Cover other accounts payable duties when team members are absent
  • Processing overseas/Faster payments via online banking for purchase invoices/expenses/ad hoc payment

requests;

About you

  • Good communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with suppliers and colleagues
  • Is accurate, organised and detail focused.
  • Can prioritise effectively.
  • Is comfortable investigating discrepancies and solving problems.
  • Is proactive and looks for opportunities to improve processes and ways of working.
  • Works well as part of a team and is willing to learn.
  • Accounts Payable experience in the charity sector (desirable but not essential)
  • Fresh graduates welcome to apply

What’s in it for you?

➢ 27 days paid holiday + bank holidays and up to 4 college closure days over the festive period & other leave

entitlements (carers leave, fertility treatment leave, etc.)

➢ Hybrid and flexible working. We require staff to spend a minimum of 20% of their time in the office, subject to

role requirements.

➢ Opportunity to work from outside the UK (up to 2 weeks) (dependant on eligibility)

➢ Enhanced contributory pension scheme

➢ Equal access to enhanced parenthood leave

➢ A range of staff and peer networks

➢ Employee health and wellbeing committed (Healthcare cash plan, menopause friendly, disability confident

employer, mental health first aiders, EAP etc.)

➢ Retail discount platform➢ Sabbatical and volunteering opportunities

➢ Variety of learning and development opportunities

Interested Candidates:

If you wish to apply or if you have any questions about this position please email your CV together with a

cover letter to RCSHR@rcseng.ac.uk.

Any personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us in accordance with our

recruitment processes. If unsuccessful in your application, your information will be held by us on our database for a period of 6 months before deletion. If you would like your information removed sooner, please contact

RCSHR@rceng.ac.uk

Closing date: 1st November 2026

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are open to all talent and we

actively ensure that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regards to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. The Royal College of Surgeons of England is committed to protecting your privacy. We are registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). All College employees are responsible for records held, created and used as part of their work for the College including patient/client, corporate and administrative records. Records are managed according to the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 and ensure confidentiality. The College ensures that staff are trained to handle the information you submit to us with care and discretion, seeking advice where necessary.

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