Position: Accounts Payable Administrator
Reporting to: Accounts Payable Manager
Contract type: Full time - Colchester / Hybrid
About Cera:
Cera is a digital-first healthcare-at-home company delivering care, nursing, telehealth and
repeat prescription services in people's homes via technology. In under five years, Cera has
expanded to 10,000+ staff across the UK and Germany, delivering 40,000+ healthcare visits
a day, and has grown from zero to over £250m revenues.
Every day, Cera delivers healthcare services equivalent to 40 hospitals or 1,000 care
homes, and has grown 100-fold over the past two years making it one of the fastest growing
businesses in Europe.
Cera currently holds more than 160+ partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and
the company's technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. Its technology predicts
health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its
Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 'high risk' alerts each day.
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits
in people's homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed its recruitment technology to the UK
Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers.
About the role:
We are actively looking to hire an experienced Accounts Payable Administrator looking for a
new challenge. The is an exciting and wide-ranging role that will be reporting directly into the
Accounts Payable Manager but will also work closely with the AP and MA teams.
The roleincludes:
● Processing supplier invoices and purchase orders
● Creating and processing supplier payment files
● Reconciling supplier accounts
● Logging and actioning queries from suppliers and colleagues
● Processing of incoming post
● Other ad hoc activities at the direction of the Accounts Payable Manager
The role would suit an ambitious professional with a passion for AP who is looking to further
their career.
What we're looking for:
● Accounts Payable experience, ideally in a large organisation
● Used to working collaboratively in a team
● Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels in the business
● Accurate, diligent and conscientious with good attention to detail
● Experience using an accounting system an advantage
● Build effective and credible relationships both internally and externally
● Good organisational skills
● Ability to work to tight deadlines
● Good time management
● Ability to effectively use Microsoft Excel
● AAT qualified, part qualified or equivalent
● GCSEs (or equivalent), including English and Maths
What we offer:
● Flexible working hours and hybrid working arrangements
● 25 days holiday + your birthday off as well as bank holidays
● Mobile phone, laptop and remote IT package setup for WFH days
● Company pension scheme
● Training and development for your role and future career development
● Competitive salary, discretionary bonus and long-term employee schemes
● Lifeworks discount platform and Employee Assistance Programme
● Refer a Friend scheme
● Service and Recognition awards
Life at Cera:
We champion diversity, inclusion and well-being to create a workplace where you value
yourself and feel proud of who you are. We believe in a world where you have the freedom
to explore and express yourself without judgement, no matter who you are or where you're
from. Where individuality is a source of confidence, because difference makes the world a
better place. People from cultural or gender diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities
are encouraged to apply.
Our team is made up of academics, innovators, start-up accelerators and care experts, all
connected by a vision to build a better future for care through the combination of best-in-
class carers, empowered by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic saw everybody at Cera shift to remote working, and now many of
our people are currently using a hybrid working model. This role is envisaged as a hybrid
role and such will involve a minimum of 3 days each week in the office working with the
Colchester Finance Team.