This role ensures that invoices are generated accurately, delivered to suppliers/contractors in a timely manner, and payments are tracked and recorded properly. The Invoicing Agent also collaborates with other departments to reconcile accounts and resolve billing discrepancies.
What you'll be doing as an Invoicing Agent:
- Liaising with the purchasing assistants for order amendments as required.
- Reconcile supplier statements for own work allocation, resolving outstanding issues and minimising late payment charges
- Proactively manage key accounts to ensure payments are made on time and that communication with Thames Water and the supplier is maintained
- Resolve any issues identified by taking accountability and seeing through to a satisfactory conclusion. Where a conclusion cannot be reached, escalate to your line manager
- Adopt best practice for invoice processing, considering things such as non-standard terms and business criticality
- Attend meetings with the business and suppliers to define better working procedures, resolve invoice issues and payment risks
- Provide input to the framework agreement award process to ensure correct invoicing practice is agreed prior to award and facilitate the smooth exit of the incumbent supplier
Base Location – Reading, Hybrid
Working Pattern or hours – 36 hours
What you should bring to the role:
- Intermediate level on Microsoft applications
- Good understanding of debits and credits
- Knowledge of purchase order processes
- Good communication skills
- Some experience within purchase ledger or processing high volumes of invoices
- Be able to build and develop relationships with stakeholders
What's in it for you?
- Hourly Pay rate: £15.49 per hour
- Expenses: Excluded
- Location: Reading - Hybrid
- Length of assignment: 26 Weeks
- Required start date: Middle of June
- Hours: 36 Hours
Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive. Water is life's great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we're committed to taking care of it for us all. But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?
Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, background, and differences that each individual brings.
Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you'll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It's also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.