About The Role
Are you a detail-driven accountant ready to take ownership of a high-impact finance function? Join us as a
Company Accountant, where your expertise will help shape the financial backbone of our concession operations.
Location: Newcastle
12-Month Fixed-Term Contract | Full-time
What you'll be doing
As The Go-to Finance Expert, You’ll
- Lead the production of monthly management accounts and insightful variance analysis.
- Own the preparation of statutory accounts and liaise directly with auditors.
- Drive budgeting and forecasting to support lender updates.
- Manage payments to subcontractors and lenders with precision.
- Administer loan agreements and maintain strong relationships with lenders.
- Handle VAT and CIS returns with accuracy and timeliness.
- Maintain and evolve our Finance Policies and Procedures.
- Forecast cash flow, manage treasury deposits, and oversee bank balances.
- Collaborate with the Finance Manager on technical accounting matters like IFRIC 12.
- Ensure all financial transactions are processed accurately and in line with contracts and standards.
- Prepare reconciliations, tax calculations, and support internal audits.
You’ll Build Strong Connections Across
- Customers, suppliers, lenders, auditors, and HMRC.
- Internal teams including shareholders, finance, operations, and tax specialists.
Who we're looking for
- Degree-level education or equivalent.
- Qualified or nearly qualified accountant status.
- PFI experience and SUN Accounts knowledge are a plus.
- Strong technical accounting skills and IT proficiency (Excel & Word).
- A proactive mindset with excellent communication and prioritisation skills.
Why work for us
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.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- 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…
About Us
Balfour Beatty Investments is an international infrastructure investor operating in the UK and US. We develop and finance both public and private infrastructure projects whilst operating a portfolio of long-term infrastructure assets, with a portfolio of PPP concessions in healthcare facilities, highways, energy and transmission, student accommodation, residential regeneration and private housing.
In the US, our portfolio includes Balfour Beatty Communities, a subsidiary dedicated to developing and operating privatised military housing, student and multifamily housing. We also operate Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions, a leading provider of large capital project financing, development and construction solutions for the higher education market.
Diversity and inclusion
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 www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
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://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
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:
[email protected] 
