Payments Specialist

Job Purpose:

As the Payments Specialist, you will be supporting accurate and timely completion of payments activities and maintaining records for the company, like processing and managing payments. Together with the team, you will ensure accurate and timely delivery of payments activities towards our third party suppliers/vendors, as well as our colleagues for their Travel & Expense requests.

About Group Finance

In joining RWS's Finance team you will be a critical part of supporting a listed world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. RWS has growing revenues of over £750m through a combination of value accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Group finance, led by our Group CFO; Candy Davies, includes diverse teams across the globe operating in functions including business partnering, operational finance, specialist, and group functions. We cover a footprint of over 100 legal entities in 43 different countries worldwide.

It's a very exciting time to join RWS Finance for an individual who enjoys change and making an impact As part of the overall RWS business strategy we are making a significant investment in upgrading our financial systems and processes to deliver enhanced reporting and control, more efficient processing enabling great value through enhanced business partnering and decision support.

Job Overview:

Key Responsibilities

• Validate and process prepayments and direct debits
• Generate payments propositions in a timely manner
• Process electronic payments and liaise with bank to make necessary adjustments to failed payments
• Send system-generated electronic remittance advices and generated cheques to vendor/supplier
• Assist with validating rush payment approvals in line with associated policies and processing rush payments
• Ensure payments activities prior to and during period end close are compliant with fiscal close calendar, ensuring adequate time for collaboration with various teams impacted
• Ensure all P2P controls are adhered to and documented appropriately
• Apply knowledge to accurately record all payments activities and maintain supporting documentation
• Collaborate with Master Data team for required data points, best practices and standards and data issues
• Work independently to a large extent, but you'll also be able to raise any issues and queries that exceed your experience to the Team Lead and team senior Specialists
• Take active part in the planned ERP system change

Skills & Experience

• Experience in P2P payments operations, banking or treasury is a big plus
• Intermediate English language skills
• Strong MS Excel skills with a proven aptitude to interpret vendor/supplier and financial data
• Basic knowledge of finance business processes, payments policies, treatment strategies, and statutory accounting principles to ensure compliant SSC operations
• Basic knowledge of core finance systems, ERP and related specialty functional systems, frameworks, and functionality
• Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with proactive approach

Life at RWS:

RWS is a content solutions company, powered by technology and human expertise. We grow the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood. Everywhere.

Our proprietary technology, 45+ AI patents and human experts help organizations bring ideas to market faster, build deeper relationships across borders and cultures, and enter new markets with confidence – growing their business and connecting them to a world of opportunities.

It's why over 80 of the world's top 100 brands trust RWS to drive innovation, inform decisions and shape brand experiences.

With 60+ global locations, across five continents, our teams work with businesses across almost all industries. Innovating since 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

RWS Values

We Partner, We Pioneer, We Progress – and we´ll Deliver together.

For further information, please visit: RWS

RWS embraces DEIand promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics

Recruitment Agencies:RWS Holdings PLC does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees. Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.

Recruitment Agencies:RWS Holdings PLC does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees. Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.