Accountancy Admin Assistant (Payments)

Accountancy Admin Assistant

Salary & Grade £27,920 per annum pro rata (pay award pending) Grade 3

Location Wellington House, Leeds / Hybrid

Hours Part time 18.5 hours per week

Tenure Permanent

If this post is advertised on a full-time basis, please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share. Please discuss your preferred working requirements with the manager at interview.

We currently have a vacancy for a Accountancy Admin Assistant to join our Sales Team.

Are you looking for a new role in customer service that offers more benefits? Do you want to advance your experience within a leading organisation that values development? We are seeking a dedicated and motivated individual to join our Sales Team as an Accountancy Admin Assistant. In this role, you will play a key role in the administration and reconciliation of MCard products and services.

You will work closely with various internal departments within the Combined Authority, including the Travel Centres and Finance teams to ensure smooth and efficient operations across the network. You will also work closely with external corporate customers. The Sales Team operate Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.

It is an exciting time to be joining the Mayoral Combined Authority. We have a wide variety of impactful projects that we are working on which will help shape the West Yorkshire region. To find out more about the work the Combined Authority is involved with, take a look at our latest news stories.

It is important that you demonstrate how your breadth of experience, knowledge and skills align with the role when applying. We have therefore created comprehensive guidance for candidates, and you are strongly urged to read this before completing your application form.

Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage to find this guidance and further support in completing your application form. Visit our 'Life at West Yorkshire Combined Authority' webpage to find out what our staff have to say about working here.

The Role

Reporting into the Sales Team Leader your key responsibilities will include:

• Administration of Retail Sales, which is predominately represented by MCard revenue. • Co-ordination of the Corporate and Business MCard Scheme including raising of invoices and the correct allocation of sales information to the Prepaid Ticket Pool.
• Administer a variety of processes using financial management systems.
• Reconciliation of WYCA’s Prepayments Bank Account including the identification of any differences at month end.
• Responsible for Travel Centre sales information, including checking and verifying overnight downloads, reconciling sales figures, banking and identifying any differences. 2
• Allocating revenues against debtor accounts, pursuing outstanding invoices with the debtor and the production of Monthly Debtor reports
• Administration of banking chargebacks.

Please review the Role Profile for more information about the responsibilities.

About You

You will have the following key skills, attributes, education and experience:

• Good understanding of financial systems, bookkeeping and finance function
• Good analytical skills to solve problems and produce management information.
• Good communication skills and committed to supporting a changing retail environment.
• Educated to GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths.
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office, particularly in creating and maintaining Excel spreadsheets.

Our Offer

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:

• Work your way – From flexible and agile working options, including a generous flexi-time scheme to help you balance your personal life and career.
• Time to recharge – Enjoy 28 days of annual leave (with increases based on length of service), plus all Bank Holidays.
• Free greener travel across West Yorkshire – Cover your commute sustainably with unlimited free bus and rail travel using the MCard (Zones 1–5).
• Secure your future – Benefit from a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Investing in you – Take advantage of fully funded professional development, regular training, and up to 3 paid volunteering days per year.
• Grow with us – Incremental salary progression for most roles and annual cost of living increases.
• Family first – We offer enhanced parental and bereavement leave, plus other family-friendly policies to support you when it matters most.
• Your wellbeing, our priority – Access 24/7 free confidential counselling services and the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends.
• Modern workspace in a prime location – Work in bright, contemporary offices just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station, fully equipped with the latest tech.

Take a look at our Employee Benefits webpage to find out more.

To Apply

If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements under the ‘About You’ section of the advert and criteria within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form.

If you would like to discuss this role in more detail, please contact Adnan Hussain

Further Information

Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, unfortunately we are unable to respond to every applicant. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful. We do however thank you for your application and encourage you to continue looking for roles on our Careers with Us website page.