Accounts Payable Team Leader

London & Quadrant Housing Trust; Stratford-upon-Avon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing trust is looking for an Accounts Payable Team Leader to oversee their busy team. The successful candidate will manage supplier payments, compliance, and performance while fostering teamwork and communication with stakeholders. This role offers a salary starting from £40,649, with opportunities for growth and development in a supportive environment promoting work-life balance.

Benefits

Holiday entitlement

Pension scheme

Employee assistance

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Team Leader or Supervisor.
• Knowledge of purchase ordering systems is advantageous.
• Strong customer-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Supplier Management Officers.
• Oversee daily activities, focusing on timely supplier payments.
• Handle complex issues and performance management.

Skills

Leadership & management experience

Reconciliation expertise

Problem-solving skills

Organisational and planning skills

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Unit 4

Job description

Salary starting from £40,649 per annum (London)

INTERNAL ONLY VACANCY - THIS VACANCY IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES OF THE L&Q GROUP AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES. ANY APPLICATIONS FROM EXTERNAL CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE PROGRESSED

Title: Accounts Payable Team Leader

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Persona: Agile (20-40% in office and 3-4 days working from home)

Office Location: Stratford, London or Trafford, Greater Manchester

Salary: Starting from £40,649 per annum (London), £36,073 per annum (Outside London)

Depending on experience

Role Profile - Accounts Payable Team Leader.docx

Closing date for applications: 16th June 2025 at 11:59 PM

Interviews will be held on 20th June 2025

We are seeking an experienced Team Leader to join our busy Accounts Payable team. Flexibility and a proactive attitude are essential.

Reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager, you will lead a team of Supplier Management Officers, overseeing daily activities to meet team objectives and KPIs, such as timely supplier payments, risk management, reconciliations, and invoicing compliance.

Your responsibilities include managing performance, payment runs, KPI setting, and supplier account monitoring. Excellent communication skills are vital for liaising with internal and external stakeholders. Knowledge of purchase ordering systems is advantageous.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience as a Team Leader or Supervisor in a similar environment, with a professional, hardworking, flexible, organised, and customer-focused approach.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Supplier Management Officers
• Plan and monitor workload
• Manage Purchase Ledger functions including payments
• Process ad hoc payments
• Monitor supplier accounts
• Perform monthly aged creditor and intercompany reconciliations
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Adflex payment reconciliation
• Collaborate with other teams
• Handle complex issues and queries
• Staff performance management
• Recruitment

Skills and experience:

• Leadership & management experience
• Reconciliation expertise
• Experience with purchase ordering systems
• Payment and cheque processing experience
• Problem-solving skills
• Target setting experience
• Stakeholder relationship management
• Organisational and planning skills
• Numeracy and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Unit 4

If interested and qualified, apply promptly!

Our commitments:

At L&Q, our success depends on our people. We invest in training and development, offering benefits such as holiday entitlement, pension scheme, employee assistance, and life assurance.

We support work-life balance and flexible working arrangements. We are committed to inclusion and social responsibility, supporting environmental initiatives and community development through our foundation and skills academy.

Our vision is to ensure everyone has a quality, affordable home, combining social purpose with commercial drive to create sustainable communities.