Accounts Payable & Receivable Supervisor

MSSC; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A major charity organization in London seeks an experienced AP & AR Supervisor to lead their finance team. The role offers a hybrid work model and emphasizes strong communication and detail-oriented skills. The successful candidate will supervise the payment processes and ensure accuracy in financial reporting. Competitive benefits include private medical insurance, life assurance, and generous leave policies.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Life assurance (4x salary)

Generous pension employer contribution

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing portal and EAP

Employee development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in accounts payable and receivable functions.
• Strong accuracy in financial reporting.
• Proven leadership skills supervising finance staff.

Responsibilities

• Approve weekly payment runs.
• Supervise Accounts Payable and Receivable team.
• Ensure timely month-end closings.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Excellent communication skills

Intermediate Excel Skills

Ability to work independently

Job description

Location: MSSC, 200B Lambeth Road London, SE1 7JY

Contract: Permanent, Part Time, 21 hours per week

Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 per annum gross pro rata, depending on experience

Closing Date: 26 September 2025

Application: CV & Supporting Statement

Are you an experienced AP & AR Supervisor looking for a new opportunity?

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure and also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development. Working with our employees, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a strong vision and five-year Future Ready strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide, both for young people, seafarers and maritime professionals – and the thousands who aspire to be the sea cadets and marine professionals of the future. It is also about equipping them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world, while growing our charity to benefit even more people – including those from under-represented or marginalised groups.

About the role

We are currently looking for an experienced AP & AR Supervisor to join our finance team. You will need to be enthusiastic and detail focused individual who is working well on own initiative as well as part of the team. You will need to be proactive, approachable and communicate well at all levels. You will report to Financial Controller.

Responsibilities

• First approval of weekly payment run
• Supervision of AP/AR Finance Officer
• Supervision of Sales and Purchase Ledger
• Balance sheet reconciliation
• Year-end support with focus on accruals and prepayments
• Fixed Asset registers including monthly journals and reconciliations
• Supervision of Direct Debit processing
• Working closely with the team on achieving timely month end
• Experience of full responsibility for AR & AP functions
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent level of accuracy
• As a minimum, Intermediate Excel Skills
• Ability to work both as a team member and on own initiative
• For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per annum increasing with length of service
• Hybrid working for many roles
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training.