Business Support Assistant

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Nottinghamshire to assist with the appointment of a Business Support Assistant, on a 3-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration., Purchasing of goods and services from a wide variety of Vendors for teams across the County, raising purchase orders, confirming receipt, and liaising with requisitioners
Inputting on to the BMS/SAP system raising orders from teams within the council for a variety of goods/services that are required.
Resolving of queries that occur with orders, payments, contacting various departments/vendors to resolve.
Inputting on to excel spread sheet, payments that need to be processed for Travel claims.
Chasing for approval of invoices that have been received into payments.
Emailing for authorisation from requestor, uploading information /confirmation for audit trail, then to process on to payments to pay.
Resolving of issues, to avoid further delay of payments.

Accuracy, numeracy, and the ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure are essential requirements of the post along with excellent administrative clerical skills including good organisational skills using a methodical approach and working withing business support standards and processes.
You must be competent in the use of spreadsheets and databases, as data inputting is a key task you will be asked to complete.