Accounts Payable Team Leader

London & Quadrant Housing Trust; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent housing association in London seeks an Accounts Payable Team Leader to manage a team of Supplier Management Officers. You will oversee the Purchase Ledger function, ensuring timely payments and reconciliations. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership abilities and relevant financial experience. This role offers a salary of £40,629 annually with hybrid working opportunities and excellent benefits including pension and annual leave.

Benefits

Excellent pension plan

28-31 days Annual Leave

Health Cash Plan

Life assurance

Paid volunteering days

Employee Assistance Programme

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of x8 Supplier Management Officers.
• Plan and monitor workload within the team.
• Manage a Purchase Ledger function including payment and cheque runs.
• Process ad-hoc payments.
• Monitor supplier accounts.
• Oversee Monthly Aged Creditor and Intercompany reconciliations.
• Work collaboratively with other teams.
• Deal with complex issues and queries.
• Responsible for staff performance reviews and disciplinaries.

Skills

Leadership & management experience

Reconciliation experience

Experience using a purchase ordering system

Experience in payment and cheque runs

Problem solving experience

Setting team targets

Experience in managing relationships

Excellent organisational and planning skills

Excellent numeracy skills and attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Excellent IT skills (Excel, Word)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Unit 4

Job description

INTERNAL only vacancy

This vacancy is only available to employees of L&Q and its subsidiaries. Any applications received from external candidates will not be progressed.

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Title: Accounts Payable Team Leader

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time, 35 hours

Salary: £40,629 per annum (London weighted salary) dependant on experience

Grade: 8

Reporting Office: London, Stratford

Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 30th November 2025 at 23:00

Interview Dates: 8th-9th December 2025

Please click here for the role profile Accounts Payable Team Leader Role Profile.docx

Benefits

Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more ...

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join our Accounts Payable Team at L&Q

The Accounts Payable Team Leader will manage a team of x8 Supplier Management Officers and will report into the Accounts Payable Manager.

Your impact in the role

You will:

• Lead a team of x8 Supplier Management Officers.
• Plan and monitor workload within the team.
• Manage a Purchase Ledger function including payment and cheque runs.
• Process ad-hoc payments.
• Monitor supplier accounts.
• Oversee Monthly Aged Creditor and Intercompany reconciliations.
• Oversee Supplier Statement Reconciliations.
• Oversee Adflex Payment Reconciliation.
• Work collaboratively with other teams.
• Deal with complex issues and queries.
• Be responsible for staff performance reviews including appraisals and disciplinaries.
• Work with our in-house Recruitment team on recruiting new hires into the AP team.

What you'll bring

• Leadership & management experience.
• Reconciliation experience
• Experience using a purchase ordering system.
• Experience in payment and cheque runs.
• Problem solving experience.
• Setting team targets.
• Experience in managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Excellent numeracy skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
• Excellent IT skills particularly Microsoft Excel, Word and previous experience of Unit 4.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email [e-mail]

About L&Q

We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties 'home', and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

At L'Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework , which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L'Q.

L'Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. Click here to read more.

At L'Q, sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.

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