Accounts Payable Team Member upon Tyne

About The Role

We’re looking for an Accounts Payable Team Member to join our HR Shared Services function in Newcastle. You’ll play a key role in supporting the business by ensuring suppliers are paid accurately and on time, while delivering a high standard of customer service to both internal stakeholders and external suppliers. Working as part of a collaborative Accounts Payable team, you’ll be responsible for processing, verifying and reconciling invoices, resolving queries, and supporting efficient end‑to‑end payment processes.

• Processing supplier invoices in line with agreed processes and procedures
• Supporting paperless invoice submission and managing any paper invoice exceptions
• Accurately processing manual invoices, including correct coding and approvals
• Processing three‑way match invoices by matching invoices to purchase orders and goods receipts
• Ensuring supplier accounts are paid in line with agreed payment terms
• Investigating and resolving invoice and purchase order mismatches in collaboration with Procurement and business teams
• Reconciling supplier accounts and resolving discrepancies, including missing or held invoices
• Responding to queries from internal stakeholders and external suppliers via email and phone
• Working closely with colleagues to resolve queries efficiently and support team objectives
• Participating positively in team meetings, huddles and wider business forums
• Supporting colleagues during periods of absence or high workload
• Building and maintaining strong knowledge of ERP and finance systems
• Working flexibly across different Accounts Payable sub‑teams as required

• A self‑motivated individual who takes ownership of their learning and development
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage high volumes of work to tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail with a high level of accuracy
• Confident communication skills and a professional telephone manner
• A customer‑focused approach with a passion for delivering quality service
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Flexibility to adapt to different teams and workloads
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook

• Working towards AAT Level 2 or another professional qualification (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, ICM)
• Experience using Oracle ERP systems

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

• 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…

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.

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

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, ENEI, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also 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 https://disabil

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: candidate recruit

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