Transactions Administrator

About the job.

We're looking for a Transactions Administrator to join our Financial Control team at National Highways. As part of the role, you'll carry out routine financial and accounting duties to provide support to specific areas/departments within the organisation, ensuring the financial control function is running smoothly and in an efficient way.

• Process transactions in accordance with standard routines, checking for completeness and obvious errors and making sure payments/receipts are processed in a timely manner.
• Investigate statements and records to establish the facts required to deal with queries raised by internal and external suppliers or customers, and others in the department, answering routine questions to ensure the provision of satisfactory financial control function.
• Verify calculations and extract or allocate appropriate standard coding and attachment to documents, working with the Business Teams and wider Finance function to ensure coding is correct and obtain information for incorrect or incomplete documents.
• Compile simple summaries of information relating to documents processed, assisting more senior colleagues in calculation of special payments or preparation of reports.
• Locate and extract specified information from files and records as requested.

About you.

• Basic knowledge of financial or accounting function, gained through experience in a similar office environment.
• Good understanding of financial/accounting procedures.
• Able to work to own timescales, prioritising where necessary.
• Good IT skills along with organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong customer service experience.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Business Services plays a crucial role in supporting the efficient operation and growth of the strategic road network. We provide a wide range of essential services across the organisation, ensuring that all functions run smoothly and effectively. We work behind the scenes to support the delivery of high-quality infrastructure and services, ensuring that National Highways meets its commitments to safety, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.

Our key areas of focus include procurement, finance, human resources, IT, and strategic planning. We ensure the company operates efficiently, delivers projects on time and within budget, and meets the needs of stakeholders. By offering expert advice, managing resources, and driving operational excellence, we support National Highways in achieving its mission of maintaining and improving the road network across the country.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.