Accounts Payable Team Leader

Sellick Partnership; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organisation is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Team Leader for a 3-6 month interim role. The successful candidate will lead a 3-member team, enhance Purchase to Pay processes, and ensure accurate reporting for management. Ideal candidates should have significant Accounts Payable experience, ideally in the public sector.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Accounts Payable and Purchase to Pay at a Supervisory level.
• Public Sector experience is desirable but not essential.
• Ability to manage own workload and cope with changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Management of the Accounts Payable team, currently 3 people.
• Create reliable reporting mechanisms for Assistant Directors.
• Reconciliation of the Purchase Ledger to General Ledger control Accounts.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Purchase to Pay

People Management

Process Improvement

Collaboration

Tools

Integra Centros

Job description

Role: Accounts Payable Team Leader

Location: Remote working with occasional presence - Home Counties

Duration: 3-6 months

Money on offer: Hourly rate - circa 18.72 to 25 an hour PAYE

Experienced Accounts Payable Team Leader sought for a local government organisation based in the Home Counites, on an interim basis for a period of minimum three months, however likely to be closer to six months.

You will be an expert in accounts payable, purchase to pay processes, customer relations, looking at processes and identifying better ways of working.

The Accounts Payable Team Leader will be responsible for:

• Management of the Accounts Payable team, currently 3 people
• Apply knowledge of Accounts Payable and contribute to projects improving Purchase to Pay processes
• Create reliable reporting mechanisms to assist Assistant Directors (ADs)
• Reconciliation of the Purchase Ledger and Purchase Ordering systems to General Ledger control Accounts.

The ideal candidate for the Accounts Payable Team Leader role should have:

• Extensive experience within Accounts Payable and Purchase to Pay at a Supervisory level
• Public Sector experience desirable but not essential
• People management skills
• Experience with organisations going through change
• Desirable: the use of Integra Centros
• Ability to manage own workload, coping with changing priorities in a flexible and proactive way
• Ability to work collaboratively and flexibly in a complex environment to deliver the team's functions.

If you would like to apply for this Accounts Payable Team Leader role or would like to find out more, please apply online or contact Rebecca Dawson. Interviews for this role will be held over teams WC 21st July, with a view to start as soon as possible.

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