Accounts Payable Team Member

Accounts Payable Team Member Hybrid working with 3 days per week working from home Salford Quays, Manchester 6-month fixed term contract Salary £27,100 - £33,800 per annum Full time 37.5 hours per week We make health happen Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.

Responsibilities We’re looking to appoint an Accounts Payable professional to our finance team to help support delivery of a large project. Key responsibilities include:

• Process supplier invoices received from various sources ensuring that they are accurately, efficiently, and promptly entered onto the system.
• Ensure all new and updated supplier maintenance follows the agreed governance procedure.
• Ensure suppliers are paid in accordance with their contractual terms and Bupa’s guidelines to improve PPR
• Proactively identify areas for potential savings and create and fulfil ways of bringing about actions to realise these savings through varied methods
• The team member will verify the legality of requests received and challenge documentation that does not comply to Bupa policy.
• To drive and assist with process and system enhancements and projects always taking a lean approach.
• To perform daily audit reports to minimise risk and maintain robust controls.
• Communicate effectively with all key stakeholders, creating a strong supporting relationship with all business areas to promote best business practice.
• Identify areas of the business that are having problems with any aspect of the e-Purchasing system or associated processes (e.g. receipting) and support and advise them to mitigate these problems and ensure that there is no operational impact.
• Manage own workload to a consistently high standard and work collaboratively with wider team.

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed For This Role

• Graduate calibre
• Excellent numerical skills and ability to gather, analyse and interpret data from multiple sources and to identify and analyse root causes of issues
• Proven numeracy skills and a proactive approach to work with a meticulous attention to detail
• The ability to adapt to rapid changes within the business
• Proven ability to work under pressure and meet stretching and tight deadlines
• Fast learner, can-do attitude and strong desire to manage spend and improve customer service
• Confidence with utilising interpersonal skills with management at all levels
• High degree of energy, drive and enthusiasm
• The jobholder will be expected to pursue a programme of personal development
• A customer service ethic and a professional telephone manner are essential
• Advanced PC skills
• 1 year experience working in a Finance environment within financial processing (or equivalent)

Benefits Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.
• Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
• Fixed term benefits allowance
• Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
• Workplace pension
• Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.

Why Bupa? We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

Time Type Full time

Job Area Finance & Accounting

Locations:

Bupa Place