Accounts Payable Processor

Description and requirements
Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
Known for working on major projects such as HS2 - the UK's new high-speed railway, we are building, upgrading, and maintaining the country's infrastructure for future generations.
Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative, and progressive. We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.
We're looking for a Accounts payable assistant to join our HS2 team in London (Enabling Functions) in our Plant A/P team, where you will be responsible for the day-to-day handling of supplier accounts, invoice logging, invoice processing, query resolution and be involved in the payment process.
Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.
Main Responsibilities

• Project Accounting - Integrity of costs and accuracy & transaction processing
• Financial control, Governance, segregation of duties & process flows
• Maintenance of sound financial controls, in line with JV guidelines, ensuring that all applicable requirements can be met at all times
• General administration of finance information and data, ensuring records are maintained for an adequate period, kept securely and sufficient information is kept to meet group requirements.
• Ensure all invoices are processed in a timely and accurate manner including VAT rates and receipts
• Manage invoice approval process so that suppliers are paid in line with their contracted Terms and Conditions.
• Manage invoice processing through the project's accounting system (E1)
• Manage supplier queries, ensuring issues are addressed in a timely manner, which may involve dealing with the wider project team
• Maintain supplier statement reconciliations in line with the JV requirements and proactively resolve differences within the ledgers and supplier statements.
• Confirm all approvals are in line with the JV agreed Delegated Financial Authority levels.
• Assist with internal & external audit requests
• Assist with managing inboxes
• Assist with requests for information, back up documents for the Commercial team.
• Assist with supplier invoice processing and statement reconciliations where required
• Become the main point of contact for suppliers with payment or invoice queries delivering excellent customer services
• Assist with other project related tasks as required

The Ideal Candidate

• GCSE or Equivalent: Grades A -C (including mathematics and English)
• Excel, IT & Communication Skills
• Good attention to detail
• Takes ownership of output
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Self-confident
• Previous experience ideally in a similar role within the construction industry
• Experience of using a computerised accounting system (E1)

Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More information about the role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:
Closing date
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.