Accounts Receivable Team Leader

Wienerberger UK; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction industry company is seeking an Accounts Receivable Team Leader to oversee the AR team and ensure the integrity of accounts. This full-time position offers hybrid working options with competitive salary, benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts, and annual bonuses. The ideal candidate will have strong management experience in an accounting setting and excellent communication skills. Location options include Sandtoft, Doncaster or Sale, Manchester.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual company bonus up to 6%

Pension scheme

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Employee assistance programmes

Health & wellbeing benefits

Life assurance (2x annual salary)

Qualifications

• Proven ability to chase customers for overdue debts and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring in a team environment.
• Confidence in collaborating with internal stakeholders from various departments.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and resolve invoice queries and ensure timely cash postings.
• Drive cash collection efforts to meet debtor day targets.
• Ensure compliance with month-end processes and customer statements.

Skills

Experience of line management in an accounting environment

Ability to motivate others and drive performance

Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)

Experience working in a Credit Control/Sales Ledger environment

Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word experience

Education

Accounting / Credit Control related qualification such as AAT / ICM or equivalent

Tools

Accounting software (ideally SAP)

Job description

About the Role

Come and join us as an Accounts Receivable Team Leader, based from either Sandtoft, Doncaster or Sale, Manchester.

wienerberger UK & Ireland is dedicated to empowering the construction industry to create a sustainable future for generations to come, through an extensive range of high-quality building products, systems, and solutions. We foster long-term partnerships, support exceptional careers, and place sustainability at the heart of everything we do.

As an Accounts Receivable Team Leader, you will be leading and supervising our AR team to ensure that we maintain the integrity of our AR control account.

You will be a line manager for our Credit Controllers and Sales Ledger Administrators

This will involve coaching and mentoring, training, optimising the team productivity, authorisation/monitoring of holidays, absence/sickness monitoring, and conducting any other duties in line with our HR policies and performance management process.

Duties include:

• Supervising the resolution of invoice queries, daily recording of cash receipts, and postings to the Sales Ledger
• Drive our cash collection efforts to meet debtor day targets
• Ensure all transactions are completed in line with the month end timetable and statements issued to customers on a timely basis
• Complete month end reports for submission to Senior Managers
• Ensure orders exceeding credit limits are subject to the required approval process
• Obtain information and submitqueries to the credit risk department to assess the risk of new account applications

You will be based in a location with easy commuting to either of our sites in Sandtoft (Doncaster) or Sale (Greater Manchester). This is an office-based role but we do offer hybrid working options (an estimated 2 days from home per week, after training).

Hours of Work

Hours of Work: Full-time. 35 hours a week. Monday to Friday. 8.30am to 4.30pm.

We can offer some flexibility on the working hours to accommodate 8am to 4pm or 9 to 5, if those hours are more suitable for your need.

About You

You will have/be

• Experience of line management in an accounting environment
• Ability to motivate others and drive performance
• Experience working in a Credit Control/Sales Ledger environment
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Confidence working with a range of internal stakeholders from different departments
• Experience successfully chasing customers for overdue debtand working to tight deadlines
• Microsoft Outlook,Excel and Word experience
• Experience using accounting software (ideally SAP)

Desirable

• Accounting / Credit Control related qualification such as AAT / ICM or equivalent

About our Benefits

• Salary – competitive
• Annual company bonus up to 6%
• Pension scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays & holiday flexibility (buy 4 extra days and sell up to 2 days) + additional volunteering day
• Employee assistance and wellbeing programmes (including 24/7 online GP, discounts on counselling, mental health support service, get fit programmes)
• Health & wellbeing benefits which include dental cover, health cash plan and eye tests
• Financial advice/support available (including expert advice from our pension provider, and recommendations on savings & loans options)
• Employee discounts available with various retailers, gyms, and wienerberger products
• Life assurance (2x annual salary)
• Opportunity to join our Share Incentive Plan and our Employee Profit Participation Programme

About Wienerberger Ltd

Wienerberger Ltd is a provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, offering outstanding, sustainable solutions for new build and renovation. In the UK, we have head offices located in Cheadle and Doncaster, showrooms in London, Belfast and Surrey, with brick and roof tile production sites in Manchester, Co. Durham, Worcestershire, North Warwickshire, West Midlands, North Kent, Surrey and West Sussex.

So what are you waiting for? Come and join Wienerberger as an Accounts Receivable Team Leader and start growing your career with us today!

The closing date for this role is subject to change and may be closed earlier than advertised.