On 1 October 2025, AFBI onboarded to Account NI, the NICS shared financial services provider, for its financial transaction and reporting needs. AFBI Finance will no longer be processing payments and invoices and has transformed into AFBI’s Retained Finance Function (RFF).
We would encourage our suppliers to read the below information to assist with the migration.
AFBI's new Billing address:
AFBI at Account NI
Goodwood House
44-58 May Street
Belfast
BT1 4NN
Account NI will now process payments and issue remittance advice to you. Please send all your invoices and statements to Account NI Finance Shared Services using the addresses below and not to AFBI Finance/RFF.
If you are already an ‘e-invoicing supplier’ with Account NI Finance Shared Services, please send your invoices to einvoicing@accountni.gov.uk.
For all non e-invoicing suppliers, please send your invoices to invoices@accountni.gov.uk.
Please forward all supplier statements to invoices@accountni.gov.uk.
Please continue to quote a purchase order on all invoices to facilitate prompt payment. Some of our existing AFBI purchase order numbers will change, and you may be issued with a replacement purchase order number from AFBI Retained Finance Function for goods/services ordered prior to the migration. Valid Account NI purchase order numbers are 10 digits in length and begin ‘6xxxxxxxxx’.
To process your invoice promptly we ask that, where possible, it is submitted in a structured PDF format quoting your purchase order number. When submitting multiple invoices on a single email, please include each invoice as a separate file attachment.
Please follow the guidance on the DoF website: How to invoice Account NI | Department of Finance
You may experience a delay in payments being made in the first two weeks of onboarding whilst we transfer our data to the new system. We apologise for any delays. We are pleased to advise that once fully migrated, payments will be issued daily.
Please refer to the Account NI Service Desk Privacy Statement for details on how your personal data will be handled.
If you have a query about submission or payment of your invoice, you can contact Account NI on servicedesk@accountni.gov.uk.
If you have any other queries, including queries relating to new and existing purchase order numbers, please liaise with your AFBI representative or contact AFBI Retained Finance Function by emailing RetainedFinanceFunction@afbini.gov.uk or calling 02890 255385.