Accounts Payable Team Lead - Hybrid, Drive Automation

DWF; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

DWF in Manchester is seeking a Finance leader to take ownership of the Accounts Payable and Disbursements function. You will lead the day-to-day operations, drive performance, and shape how the teams evolve as the business grows.

You will oversee reconciliations, payment runs and supplier queries while driving automation and system changes. This is a hybrid role with three days in the office and two days at home.

Qualifications

• Experience managing, developing and motivating a finance or transactional team.
• Strong resource planning to balance workloads and priorities.
• Experience leading teams through change, process improvement or transformation.
• Problem solving with an eye for automation and efficiency.
• Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering skills.
• Confidently influencing senior stakeholders, fee earners and budget holders.
• Knowledge of supplier reconciliations, payment runs and purchase-to-pay processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operation of the Accounts Payable and Disbursements teams, ensuring invoices, payments and reconciliations are completed accurately and on time.
• Support performance and development of team members and report monthly KPIs to senior Finance stakeholders.
• Oversee supplier statement reconciliations, creditor balances and weekly payment runs across AP, Disbursements and Expenses; resolve queries with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve and automate processes and support system implementations.

Skills

Team leadership

Resource planning

Change management

Process automation

Stakeholder management

Influence senior stakeholders

Supplier reconciliations

Job description

DWF in Manchester is seeking a Finance leader to take ownership of the Accounts Payable and Disbursements function. You will lead the day-to-day operations, drive performance, and shape how the teams evolve as the business grows.

You will oversee reconciliations, payment runs and supplier queries while driving automation and system changes. This is a hybrid role with three days in the office and two days at home.