Job Description:
Accounts Payable Team Member
Fixed term Contract 12 months
Bupa Place (Salford Quays, M50 3SP)
Hybrid working (2 days per week in the office)
Full time 37.5 hours
Salary £26,500 per annum plus fantastic Bupa Benefits
Advert closes Friday 10th October 2025
We make health happen
At Bupa, our purpose is clear: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We're a health insurer and provider with no shareholders, so our customers always come first.
As an Accounts Payable Team Member, you'll be part of our BGUK Finance Operations team, helping to ensure our suppliers are paid accurately and on time. You'll play a key role in maintaining strong financial controls, supporting business areas, and identifying opportunities for improvement. It's a role that combines precision, problem-solving, and collaboration - all essential to making health happen behind the scenes.
How you'll help us make health happen
In this role, you'll:
Process supplier invoices accurately and efficiently
Maintain supplier records and ensure updates follow governance procedures
Ensure payments are made in line with contractual terms and Bupa guidelines
Identify opportunities for savings and support actions to realise them
Verify documentation and challenge anything that doesn't meet policy standards
Support system and process enhancements with a lean approach
Perform daily audit checks to minimise risk and maintain controls
Communicate effectively with stakeholders across the business
Provide support and advice to teams using the e-Purchasing system
Manage your workload to a consistently high standard and collaborate with the wider team
Key skills/Qualifications required
We're looking for someone who's detail-oriented, proactive, and passionate about delivering great service. You'll ideally have:
Experience within a fast paced finance role would be beneficial
Strong numerical skills and the ability to analyse data from multiple sources
A meticulous approach and attention to detail
Ability to adapt to change and work under pressure
A can-do attitude and desire to improve processes and customer service
Confidence in communicating with stakeholders at all levels
High energy and enthusiasm
A professional telephone manner and strong customer service ethic
Advanced PC skills
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.
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 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 is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you're treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
Finance & AccountingLocations:
Bupa Place
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challeging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
Everyone deserves a positive working environment. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Everyone deserves freedom from bullying, harassment and discrimination.
