Accounts Payable Team Leader

Description:

Salary: Up to £35,310
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Head Office, West Didsbury
Benefits: Competitive pension, 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans for public transport plus much more.

The Accounts Payable Team Leader will be instrumental in the timely processing of supplier invoices and payments on behalf of the Group and will be an ambassador of exceptional customer service to suppliers and colleagues across the business.

What you’ll be doing:

Actively managing team of Accounts Payable Officers by creating a weekly rota, ensuring adequate training, absence management and having regular 1-2-1 meetings to monitor performance
Checking and approving weekly payment run
Checking and approving sundry payments
Ensuring regular contractor payments for Developer
Running monthly CIS reports for CIS returns
Monitoring SLAs and KPI’s performance
Complete Month End Procedure within the SLA timescale
Being the main point of contact for Accounts Payable escalation queries
Ensuring that the Accounts Payable Team provides an excellent service in accordance with SLA’s
What you will need:

Minimum 3 years of experience within Accounts Payable
Minimum 2 years of people management experience
Finance qualification, e.g. finance degree, AAT qualified/ACCA part qualified
Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUPS, pivot tables
Experience of cross organisational working and engaging stakeholders
Experience in Open Accounts, QL, eBis will be desirable but not essential
Exceptional multitasker, highly motivated and resilient, able to dive into the details whilst maintain an oversight of the big picture
Excellent communication skills, able to interact with colleagues at all levels
What we need from you:

As a line manager you will need to actively support your colleagues with their development and well-being, some experience of this is desirable but not essential as we offer full support to people transitioning into a management role
What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment

Pension | DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places)
WPA | Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available - option to increase & add family members
Annual leave | Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days within 5 years + Bank Holidays
Flexi time | Allows colleagues to achieve a healthy work life balance whilst carrying out requirement of the role. A maximum of 13 days flexi can be taken in a year
Greater Working | We offer Hybrid and flexible working to fit your schedule as well as the requirements of the business, so you can work to your greatest ability
Reward & Recognition | You Count Rewards are individual reward’s for going ‘above & beyond’ Compliance based training bonuses paid annually
Professional fees | The business pays the cost of one professional membership fee for each colleague
The Market Place | High street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more
Health and Wellbeing Initiatives | Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing, these include career wellbeing, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing

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