Purchase to Pay & Corporate Services Officer

Job summary

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a cross-government hub bringing people together to tackle key national issues while working closer to the communities we serve.

Job description

Operational Delivery & Purchase to Pay (P2P) Expertise

• In this role, you will use your expertise to ensure high‑quality operational delivery. Key responsibilities include:
• Reviewing and approving requisitions within agreed timescales, ensuring consistency to procurement routes and audit requirements.
• Supporting the business with end‑to‑end purchase order lifecycle tasks.
• Maintaining accurate supplier records in Oracle, working with suppliers and internal teams to ensure data quality and resolve errors.
• Acting as the specialist for complex P2P queries received via shared mailboxes, providing support across the Treasury Group.
• Responding to queries received through the Corporate Services shared mailbox as required.

Controls, Assurance & Continuous Improvement

• You will play a key role in maintaining strong controls and supporting continuous‑improvement initiatives. This includes:
• Conducting periodic reviews of supplier data, inactive accounts, and open purchase orders to reduce fraud and error risks.
• Supporting the maintenance and development of P2P Standard Operating Procedures, process maps, and internal guidance, contributing to wider improvement activities.
• Identifying patterns in user error, process gaps, or training needs, and providing targeted guidance to the business.

Systems & User Acceptance Testing

• You will help ensure our systems remain efficient, reliable, and user‑friendly by:
• Preparing and completing P2P‑related test scripts for quarterly Oracle updates, documenting issues, and retesting fixes with the Oracle team.
• Acting as a subject‑matter specialist for system changes that impact the P2P workflow and corporate services platforms.

Stakeholder Support & Business Engagement

• Your engagement skills will be critical in supporting colleagues across the organisation. You will:
• Provide system and process guidance to requisitioners, approvers, and finance colleagues to strengthen compliance and data quality.
• Assist the Manager with evidence gathering for internal and external audit requests.
• Contribute to P2P‑related responses for PQs, FOIs, or data returns as needed.

Data & Reporting

• Your analytical capabilities will support effective decision‑making by:
• Assisting with the collection, validation, and analysis of monthly P2P and contract performance data for internal reporting cycles.

Cross‑Team Support & Cover

• Collaboration is central to the way we work. In this role, you will:
• Provide operational cover for the P2P and Corporate Services Manager during periods of absence, ensuring continuity of core workflow, addressing customer issues, and maintaining service levels.
• Support colleagues across Finance Operations—including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Corporate Cards, and the Contracts Database team—during peak activity, absence, or year‑end pressures to maintain business continuity.

Candidate Drop-In Session

The hiring manager will be running a candidate drop-in session to give you greater insight about the role and HM Treasury, and ask any questions you might have. If you would like to join us, use the link below to join the call at the right time.

Monday 16th March @ 17.30 - 18:30pm - Join the meeting here

Thursday 19th March @ 12noon - 13.00pm – Join the meeting here

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact emily.pritchard@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Person specification

Application Stage

Required Qualifications

AAT Level 2 – part or fully qualified or prepared to study.

In your application form, you’ll be asked to confirm that you hold this qualification. You will need to provide evidence of this qualification if you are invited to interview.

Application Form

Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and a 250-word statement demonstrating evidence of each of the below shortlisting criteria. Your CV and employment history won’t be scored. It’s used to give context to your application and support discussions at interview.

The panel will review applications and invite those that best demonstrate evidence of the shortlisting criteria below for interview. Please keep this in mind when writing your application.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

1. Managing a Quality Service: Ability to think creatively with attention to detail to solve complex problems whilst meeting the needs of the customer and the business.
2. Working Together: Ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships for effective management of service delivery and improvement.
3. Delivering at Pace: An ability to manage multiple workloads, ensuring deadlines are met and relevant procedures are followed.
4. Experience: Experience of working in a P2P and corporate services function with Oracle ERP or similar finance system.

The lead criterion is: Managing a Quality Service

If we receive a high volume of applications, we’ll first sift using the lead criterion only. Those meeting the minimum score will then be assessed against all remaining criteria.

Interview Stage

If you are successful at the application stage, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Experience
• Strengths
• Behaviours: Managing a Quality Service, Working Together and Delivering at Pace

Qualifications

AAT level 2: part‑qualified, fully qualified, or willing to study

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £29,280, HM Treasury contributes £8,482 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King's birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant)
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave package.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 28%
• Onsite restaurant and coffee bar. The London office also offers a gym, showers and prayer room
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme, season ticket advances and payroll giving
• Access to a retail discounts and cashback site
• A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests and diversity

Flexible Working Arrangements

HM Treasury views flexible working as essential in enabling us to recruit and retain talented people, ensuring that they can enjoy a long-lasting career with us. All employees have the right to apply for flexible working and there are a range of options available including; part-time, compressed hours and job sharing. Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees the flexibility to adjust their working patterns throughout the week which is subject to operational needs and line management approval.

At HM Treasury we have an incredibly broad remit; our work touches every citizen of the country. So, it’s important our employees come from the widest possible range of backgrounds, bringing us the widest possible range of perspectives and ways of thinking. We are committed to ensuring that all staff can realise their potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites - Darlington, London, and Norwich, and along with the rest of the Civil Service, has an expectation of a minimum of 60% attendance in the office, along with working remotely. This blended working approach allows you to work collaboratively, meet stakeholders face to face, support others and promotes a healthy work life balance (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. All our offices have been recently modernised and designed to collaborate and connect with colleagues as well as desk and quiet space to allow a range of ways to work.

The office working expectation is linked to the location of the role. If you apply to a post in a single location, then you will not be able to meet this expectation at any of our other sites or move your role to another location.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Candidate Guidance

Please review our candidate guidance for an overview of the Success Profiles and STAR approach, along with top tips for applications and interviews.

Recruitment Timeline

• Closing date: Sunday 29th March 2026
• Shortlisting: w/c 30th March 2026
• Interviews: w/c 13th and 20th April 2026

This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline.

If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs Profile.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

Reserve Lists

You will be placed on a reserve list if your application is successful, but we cannot offer you a post immediately. Where more than one location has been advertised, candidates will be approached for roles in merit order according to the first preferred location stated on your application form.

Please note that a place on the reserve list does not guarantee an offer. We would still encourage you to apply for other HM Treasury opportunities that you are interested in. If you are offered a role in your first preferred location and you decline the offer or you are unable to take up the post within a reasonable timeframe, you will be removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Those on the reserve list may also be approached for similar roles at a lower grade. If you are offered a role at a lower grade and choose to decline, you can remain on the reserve list.

Eligibility Statement

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Checks will be performed as part of pre-employment checks in line with this. Please refer to the Candidate FAQ document attached to the advert for more information.

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks. Additionally, individuals appointed to the Treasury group will be subject to National Security Vetting. The level of security vetting required for this role is Security Check (SC).

To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out, applicants will need to have lived in the UK for at least 3 out of the past 5 years. In exceptional circumstances, for example if you have been working abroad on a government posting, a lack of residency would not be a bar to security clearance however the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case-by-case basis once the advert closing date has passed.

Please read the Vetting Charter for information on what to expect during the vetting process and what will be expected from you. Many areas of your life may be explored during your vetting journey, and it is important that every individual, regardless of their background and experiences, should feel comfortable going through this personal process, whilst having confidence that it is fair, proportionate, and inclusive.

These short videos address common concerns and preconceptions which applicants may have about national security vetting. If you have questions relating to security clearances, please contact HMTSecurityVetting@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Emily Pritchard
• Email : Emily.pritchard@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Further information

Complaints Process: Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment based on fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact HMT by email at: hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

Attachments

451566 Purchase to Pay & Corporate Services Officer - Role Profile Opens in new window (pdf, 186kB)HM Treasury Guidance on Pay 2024 Opens in new window (pdf, 150kB)