Accounts Payable Team Member

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an Accounts Payable Team Member to join our Enabling Functions team to work from our Newcastle upon Tyne office 60% of the time with the flexibility of working up to 40% from home. The Accounts Payable team provide financial, administrative and clerical support to the organisation. We contribute to ensuring our supply chain are paid to terms through processing, verifying and reconciling invoices received into the company. This is a 12 month Fixed Term contract. What you'll be doing As an Accounts Payable Team Member, you will:

• Ensure suppliers adhere to paperless invoice submission;
• Process any paper based invoice exceptions, ensuring compliance to processes and procedures;
• Accurately process manual invoices, including appropriate coding and ensuring relevant approval received;
• Accurately process three way match vendor invoices, matching vendor invoice to the goods receipt/purchase order;
• Ensure that supplier accounts are paid in accordance with agreed terms;
• Solve queries on mismatched invoices and orders in conjunction with procurement and business teams;
• Reconcile supplier accounts and resolve any resulting queries & discrepancies which may arise with missing or held invoices;
• Deal with email queries from internal stakeholders and external suppliers;
• Communicate within the team to resolve queries efficiently;
• Engage positively with team meetings, huddles and wider business forums;
• Support team members with workload during times of absence or high activity, to ensure business needs are met;
• Maintain good knowledge of ERP and other systems;
• Work within all sub teams within the Accounts Payable function as required.
  
  Personal Qualities & Experience
Essential:
• Self-motivated with an aptitude to accept responsibility for own learning and development;
• Organised with the ability to prioritise and multi task due to high volumes of work and tight deadlines;
• Meticulous and accurate with impeccable attention to detail;
• A confident communicator with a good telephone manner and able to build relationships with suppliers and stakeholders;
• Ability to demonstrate a strong customer focus and a passion for quality service delivery;
• Ability to work well within a team;
• Flexible and able to adapt to working in different teams as required;
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
Desirable:
• Working towards AAT Level 2 or other professional exams e.g. CIMA, ACCA, ICM;
• Experience of working within the Oracle ERP System.
  
  Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.
Diversity and inclusion At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: Balfour Beatty

Why join us? As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…