Accounts Payable Team Leader / South Leicestershire / Up to £37,000 / 4 days in the office, 1 day from home

Are you ready to lead a team to new heights? We're partnering with a thriving business to find an enthusiastic Accounts Payable Team Leader who's not just a numbers person, but a people person too! Join them in this exciting opportunity where you'll drive efficiency, inspire your team, and make a real impact.

Your Role: As an Accounts Payable Team Leader, you'll be at the forefront of financial operations, ensuring smooth day-to-day functioning and driving performance improvements. Collaborating with the Purchase Ledger Manager, you'll maintain the integrity of all AP-related Control Accounts, providing support to key roles, and delivering top-notch training and development to your team. Your ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels will be crucial, balancing commerciality and practicalities.

Essential Experience/Attributes:

• In-depth Purchase Ledger experience
• Strong team leadership skills - plan, direct, and review the team's work
• Coach, motivate, and inspire your team
• IT literate, especially in Excel and Word
• Proven track record in delivering process improvements
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Basic accounting and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Able to work under pressure
• Strong organisation and planning ability
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
• A team player
• Flexible and adaptable to change
• High level of integrity and a professional approach
• Confidentiality at all times
• Energetic and hands-on
• Right-first-time approach

Desirable Experience/Attributes:

• Tertiary qualification or QBE
• SAP Experience
• Proven track record
• Relevant supervisory experience

Core Accountabilities: Reporting to the Purchase Ledger Manager, you'll play a vital role in achieving a best-in-class Purchase Ledger team by:

• Delivering innovative process improvements
• Managing process data effectively
• Reconciling supplier accounts
• Overseeing invoice processes
• Handling GRV reconciliation
• Reducing and recovering debit balances
• Managing GRNI reconciliation
• Overseeing supplier master data
• Conducting month-end control account reconciliation
• Ensuring timely payments to suppliers
• Effectively managing payments

Your Role:

• Challenge, review, recommend, and implement best practices to promote continual improvement within AP processes
• Provide accurate and timely management information and key performance indicators to managers and senior management
• Develop and control process workflows to ensure accuracy and efficiency through best practice
• Take responsibility for training and clear guidelines for specified processes
• Provide accurate and clear audit trails within specified processes
• Offer first-level advice to internal and external suppliers and customers
• Supervise and manage employees in accordance with company policy
• Provide support for audits and other internal and external bodies

Join them in this dynamic role where your leadership, tech-savvy mindset, and outgoing personality will make a real difference. Apply now to be part of a forward-thinking team that values innovation, teamwork, and individual growth.

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