Joint Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Team Lead (Hybrid)

Essential Employment; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment in Guildford is seeking a Joint Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Team Lead for a hybrid, full-time temporary contract. The role leads AP/AR specialists, plans workloads, and ensures high levels of service across our Guildford Millmead and Godalming The Burys sites.

You will deputise for the AP/AR Manager, monitor capacity, drive efficiency, and deliver process improvements with governance and compliance across team transactions, including VAT/CIS considerations, with

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage AP/AR specialists with workload planning and resource allocation.
• Deputise for the AP/AR Manager by monitoring team capacity and driving efficiency.
• Deliver process improvements and maintain governance and compliance.
• Provide regular progress updates and performance reports to the AP/AR Manager.
• Lead month-end and year-end procedures for purchase ledger and control accounts.
• Review VAT/CIS treatment and ensure tax compliance in team transactions.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Finance, and IT for workflow integration.
• Administer external finance systems and be the primary system owner for configuration and access.

Job description

Joint Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Team Lead (Hybrid) needed in Guildford, £30ph

PAYE – Reference: 5308511

Hybrid role with a minimum of 2 office days per week.
Based across Guildford (Millmead) and Godalming (The Burys), with attendance at both sites required.

• Responsible for leading and managing the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable specialists, ensuring effective supervision, workload planning, and resource allocation to maintain high
• levels of performance and service delivery.
• Deputises for the Joint AP/AR Manager by monitoring team capacity, driving efficiency, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across the collaboration.

Accountable for service KPIs, sets priorities and allocates resources, manages staff, owns governance and compliance, approves escalations, and delivers process improvements.

• Provide regular progress updates and performance reports to the AP/AR Manager
• Provide service training to new and junior members of staff
• Lead in AP/AR compliance checks, data governance, and policy enforcement
• Lead month-end and year-end procedures for the purchase ledger and control accounts
• Review VAT/CIS treatment and ensure tax compliance in team transactions
• Identify gaps in skills; plan and deliver team training and mentoring
• Facilitate cooperation with Procurement, Finance, and IT for workflow integration
• Deliver ad hoc AP/AR management reports for budget monitoring and cash flow
• Deal with risk, fraud, or resource issues promptly, or where relevant, escalated to the AP/AR Manager promptly
• Be the lead contact for AP/AR issues.
• Act as the lead for AP/AR processes
• Administer and maintain external finance systems, including NXG Forensics and Proactis, acting as the primary system owner and point of contact for configuration, access, and issue resolution.

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.

Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.