Process Improvement & Quality Control Team Review
at Balfour Beatty
Higher Level Apprenticeship
Accounting
Newcastle upon Tyne
Review Submitted: May 2022
Overall Rating
3.9 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
3/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
3.8/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
3/5
• Providing financial, administrative, and clerical support to the organization.
• Ensuring our supply chain are paid to terms through processing, verifying and reconciling invoices received into the company.
• Ensuring suppliers adhere to paperless invoice submission.
• Processing any paper-based invoice exceptions, ensuring compliance to processes and procedures.
• Accurate processing of manual invoices, including appropriate coding and ensuring relevant approval received.
• Accurate processing of three-way match vendor invoices, matching vendor invoice to the goods receipt/purchase order.
• Ensuring that supplier accounts are paid in accordance with agreed terms.
• Solving queries on mismatched invoices and orders in conjunction with procurement and business teams.
• Reconciling supplier accounts and resolving any resulting queries & discrepancies which may arise with missing or held invoices.
Team specific
• Engaging positively with team meetings, huddles and wider business forums.
• Supporting team members with workload during time of absence or high activity, to ensure business needs are met
• Maintain good knowledge of ERP and other systems.
• Working within all sub-teams within the Accounts Payable function as required.
• Possessing the ability to proactively manage workload and work independently.
• Ensuring our supply chain are paid to terms through processing, verifying and reconciling invoices received into the company.
• Ensuring suppliers adhere to paperless invoice submission.
• Processing any paper-based invoice exceptions, ensuring compliance to processes and procedures.
• Accurate processing of manual invoices, including appropriate coding and ensuring relevant approval received.
• Accurate processing of three-way match vendor invoices, matching vendor invoice to the goods receipt/purchase order.
• Ensuring that supplier accounts are paid in accordance with agreed terms.
• Solving queries on mismatched invoices and orders in conjunction with procurement and business teams.
• Reconciling supplier accounts and resolving any resulting queries & discrepancies which may arise with missing or held invoices.
Team specific
• Engaging positively with team meetings, huddles and wider business forums.
• Supporting team members with workload during time of absence or high activity, to ensure business needs are met
• Maintain good knowledge of ERP and other systems.
• Working within all sub-teams within the Accounts Payable function as required.
• Possessing the ability to proactively manage workload and work independently.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
3/5
Since the pandemic the programme has evolved to be working around the students which is good in the sense I am getting support needed to achieve my asportations, however I would prefer to attend classes to have the engagement between students and teacher. This is starting to become possible in the upcoming months which is meeting my expectations on what my personal studding would look like. I am looking forward to attend the classes.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
4/5
Developed :Excel, coding, accurate processing, solving queries, problem solving, supporting team members, coaching, leadership, communication, presentation of information, balancing workload, time management, organisation, listening and writing skills
Learned : Ability to challenge (in the right way), Business / Industry Knowledge, Data analysis, Delegation, Stakeholder engagement
Learned :
Learned : Ability to challenge (in the right way), Business / Industry Knowledge, Data analysis, Delegation, Stakeholder engagement
Learned :
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
4/5
My initial induction was done over the Kaplan website that is detailed and well organized. Each session teacher will talk about some of the aspects of culture within the program for example safeguarding etc. The study sessions itself are well structured with additional support online or after classes. So for each teacher has offered to stay and explain difficulties students faced which is a bonus to the already available resources.
My team is supporting me with my studies in the sense the workload is shared without me on the days I have study session and I am given 20% off my time to develop my studying further.
My team is supporting me with my studies in the sense the workload is shared without me on the days I have study session and I am given 20% off my time to develop my studying further.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
4/5
I have excellent support from my management. I have support group within the organization. My couch is giving me challenges in the best way helping with developing ethical side of accounting. The general attitude is that I am encouraged and listened to.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
4/5
I am attending online classes for now which is not my preferred way of studding however the tutors have made it as enjoyable as possible, engaging with students, giving extra support as needed or simply listening to needs expressed on the sessions. I find the accessibility to support to be extremely easy.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
My apprenticeship helps with my day to day role, I have put some of the theory I have learned in to the practice or find the practice to be easier to understand with my knowledge expanding.
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
4/5
Yes there are especially charity events or support of local community
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Balfour Beatty to a friend?
Yes
Why?
It's a company that has reputation of supporting their employees. Looking after sustainability building new futures with committing towards zero waste, zero carbon and to positively impact more than 1 Million people.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Balfour Beatty?
On the interview don't be afraid to sell yourself. Be honest and ask questions!
On boarding was straightforward, I got plenty of support from management and team. There are always opportunities to get involved in different projects.
On boarding was straightforward, I got plenty of support from management and team. There are always opportunities to get involved in different projects.
