Freelance Payments Specialist

Pay Band: 5 Country/Location: Noida, India Department: Exams Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract-1 Year Closing Date: 31st May 2026 Role Purpose To support the delivery of high-quality and fair operational processes that meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders, awarding bodies, and test takers. The role focuses on processing and validating freelancer and vendor claims, supporting finance-related compliance activities, and coordinating both internal and external audits. It requires strong organizational skills, the ability to work within a global matrix environment, and effective multitasking. A customer-driven and team-oriented approach is essential. Main accountabilities: The role requires working from the office and supporting end-to-end processing of freelance examiner and vendor payments while ensuring strong compliance, accuracy, and operational efficiency. The role involves creating purchase orders based on claims received from freelance examiners and vendors, ensuring all POs are properly validated in coordination with relevant teams, and maintaining accuracy in line with organisational requirements. You will also manage vendor creation requests, ensuring all necessary documentation and compliance requirements are fully met. A key part of the role includes ensuring timely closure of open purchase orders, goods receipt and invoice receipt items, and related control accounts to support internal compliance standards. You will coordinate closely with stakeholders and vendors to ensure invoices are received on time and submitted to the invoice processing team without delay. The role also involves handling vendor queries related to purchase orders and invoice payments, and supporting line managers during internal and statutory audits. In addition, you will be responsible for preparing MIS reports and management dashboards, analysing operational data, and supporting reporting requirements. The position includes processing and validating examiner claims, ensuring smooth coordination with internal stakeholders such as examiners, PSN, VCS, and global marking support teams to ensure timely completion of purchase orders. This role requires strong governance and reporting capabilities, including proficiency in MS Excel and other MS Office applications for accurate reporting and analysis. You will be expected to work in alignment with BCMS policies and procedures while maintaining high standards of compliance and control. We are seeking candidates with strong analytical skills, excellent attention to detail, effective stakeholder management abilities, and a proactive mindset. The ability to prioritise tasks, make sound decisions, and support team members effectively is essential for success in this role. Role Specific Skills and Qualifications: * 2-3 years’ experience of managing payment related process of freelancers. * Graduate Condition of Employment: Locally Recruited Applications are welcomed from candidates with a right to work in India for an employment purpose. However, please note candidates must have a natural right to work in the country, on a permanent basis, as immigration clearance and/or on-going visa support is not provided by the British Council for this role. Relocation support is also not provided.