The Role Our high-performing Finance team have an exciting opportunity for an Accounts Payable Assistant to join us in Bristol. The role will provide an efficient and customer focused payables service, ensuring effective and accurate processing of council tax bills. You will be a subject matter expert, ensuring both internal and external customer needs are met whilst enabling councils to be paid as per the agreed terms. What You ` ll Be Doing Build and maintain relationships with councils and internal stakeholders to enable accurate processing of invoices and timely/accurate settlement. Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for council tax, offering expertise and guidance to support successful annual processing of bills/exemptions. Support any business training activities in the payables area for council tax as required, as well as ensuring documentation in maintained and up to date. Take a positive approach to change within the business, generating and implementing ideas for continuous process improvement for council tax processing across the portfolio. Support with any audit queries as required. Provide management information to support functional and business decisions Management of all council tax related activities to ensure bills are queried and actions/paid in accordance with the business process/needs Liasing with the wider AP team to ensure timely, accurate and efficient processing and payment of council tax related documents. Query management on council tax related queries Clearing of the prepayment log for council tax related items Working with stakeholders and budget holders to confirm/verify liabilities Maintenace of our app ensuring duplicates are dealt with and actioned accordingly What We ` re Looking for in You Previous experience in an Accounts Payable role Excellent communication, skills both verbal and written A passion for delivering excellent customer service Ability to work at a fast pace with a high level of accuracy Comfortable working within a changing environment, managing priorities effectively Strong IT skills including excel What You`ll Get in Return A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more About Unite Students Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas. Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are. People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive. Room for Everyone We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us. We are US.