Finance Operations Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable are responsible for ensuring the correct and timely payment of all University of Edinburgh invoices and expenses.

The Accounts Payable Team is responsible for ensuring the correct and timely payment of all University purchase invoices, and other payments including but not limited to; student payments (i.e. bursaries, scholarships, prizes etc), non-purchase order payments (i.e. for invoices subject to purchase order exemptions like visitor payments, organisations and professional bodies) and, staff/student and non-staff expenses.


Information about expenses and how to claim expenses for staff and for student/non-staff and visitors.

We want to alert you to a series of serious, nationwide Purchase Order (PO) scams that are targeting suppliers at universities across the country. This particular criminal activity involves PO’s and requests for quotations that purport to originate from the University of Edinburgh, but are in fact fraudulent.

Information for University of Edinburgh suppliers.

Payments to External Examiners : Taught and Research programmes

Information and guidance for students on payments.

Financial records and Procurement records retention periods.

Making payments at the University of Edinburgh.