Accounts Payable Team Leader

TN United Kingdom; Isleworth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Accounts Payable Team Leader to enhance team performance and drive operational excellence. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the Accounts Payable team, ensuring timely processing of invoices and payments while fostering a supportive work environment. Your leadership will be crucial in maintaining documented and auditable processes, resolving queries, and implementing improvements. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact within a collaborative finance team.

Qualifications

• Experience as a team leader or supervisor is essential.
• Must be able to follow documented processes accurately.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the Accounts Payable Clerks with their tasks.
• Manage supplier accounts and resolve payment queries effectively.

Skills

Team leadership

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to follow processes

Positive attitude

Ability to manage workloads

Tools

Sage accounting system

Job description

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Bunzl UK & Ireland supplies, through a number of specialist distribution businesses, a range of more than 100,000 products including food packaging, disposable supplies, catering equipment, healthcare consumables and cleaning and safety products to supermarkets, retailers, hotels, restaurants and caterers, construction companies, healthcare providers and other users.

As Bunzl's outsourced recruitment partner, Cast UK are delighted to be managing the recruitment of all new hires for Bunzl's FSSC and we are currently looking for a fantastic Accounts Payable Team Leader to offer continued support to the team and develop performance.

The Accounts Payable Team Leader is responsible for driving their team to deliver documented and auditable processes, accurately input data relating to purchase and expense invoices, manage and reconcile supplier accounts, deal with queries and arrange payments to suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Initial point of contact for the Accounts Payable Clerks, supporting the team with people-related matters
• Effective resource planning to ensure services are delivered by the Accounts Payable Clerks
• Drive timely management of purchase invoice and payment queries, updating tickets, liaising with suppliers, and proactively seeking resolution through internal and external communication channels or running payment processes
• Perform monthly and ad-hoc supplier statement reconciliations
• Resolve recurring issues and process improvement opportunities
• Monitoring the delivery of agreed services against the daily/weekly plan
• Effectively monitor invoices over and under 30 days old
• Work closely with the rest of the Accounts Payable team to ensure issues are monitored and resolved
• Observe and actively promote the Bunzl Health, Safety and Environment ethos and help build a fun and supportive environment in the Bunzl Finance Shared Service Centre.
• Carry out monthly 1:1 reviews & annual appraisals with the Accounts Payable Clerks

Skills & Experience Required

• Team leader or Supervisor experience
• Ability to follow documented and auditable processes.
• Knowledge of sage accounting system or similar.
• Organisational skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Fun and positive attitude.
• Manage demanding workloads and work under pressure to meet deadlines.