Reduced Supplier Payment Runs
06/04/2020
To make the most of home working and reduce the risks to officers working in HQ we will be reducing our supplier payment runs from two to one a week from next week.
Where possible we would ask departments to try to process invoices electronically with authorisation being done by email from budget manager. We understand that not all suppliers are invoicing this way and we will still receive paper invoices. These will be processed manually here HQ prior to the payment run. All invoices are being paid in the next payment run after system input (ie treated as immediate).
Normally the run would take place on a Friday but as that is a bank holiday next week it will take place on Thursday.
Payments staff will still respond to queries via the normal helplines. Essential work that we will continue to do includes:
- Invoice payment
- Invoice production
- Direct Debit runs
- Purchasing card processing/limit adjustments
- Procurement support