Accounts Payable Clerk

Role overview

• ID: 2025-7718
• Entity: Vistry
• Region: Vistry East Anglia
• Department: Finance & Tax
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Date Posted: 29.08.2025

We have a great opportunity for an Accounts Payable Clerk to join our team within Vistry East Anglia, at our office in Peterborough. As our Accounts Payable Clerk, you will process and maintain accounts payable records and provide financial administrative support to regional finance teams, ensuring timely, quality financial information is provided and maintained in accordance with group procedures and policies.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
  • 2 Volunteering days per annum
  • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
  • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
  • Share save and share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • IT literate including MS Excel/Outlook
  • High volume processing environment with good knowledge of end-to-end accounts payable function
  • Ability to resolve and reconcile issues with limited supervision.
  • Self-motivated and ability to work on own initiative
  • Time management and organizational skills to manage workload
  • Ability to communicate to all stakeholders, both internally and externally
  • Ability to work as part of a wider team
  • COINS finance system experience
• More about the Accounts Payable Clerk role...
  • Accurate processing, coding and matching of invoices in accordance with group policies
  • Checking and accurately entering supplier invoices/credit notes ensuring correct VAT treatment
  • Liaising with suppliers to resolve invoicing queries in a professional manner, on a timely basis
  • Liaising with procurement & commercial teams as necessary to resolve issues
  • Review of invoices on hold and clear in a timely manner
  • Supplier reconciliations. 
  • Proactively resolving supplier invoice queries to ensure the prompt payment of outstanding invoices
  • Managing the ageing report and liase with relevant departments to keep this under control
  • Handling all post/emails related to invoices and any other associated duties
  • Assisting with Purchase Ledger mailbox, prioritising urgent matters where appropriate
  • Supporting with the preparation of the Purchase Ledger and Subcontract Ledger payment runs
  • Checking subcontractor payments prior to processing
  • Supporting the finance team as required

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empowerus to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation,â¯and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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Benefits

Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days’ holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.

Why Vistry

Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.