Purchase Ledger Team Lead — Lead & Optimize Finances

Chase and Holland; Thorney; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays +

Wellness day

Support and develop colleagues

Exposure to cash flow forecasting and月

Job summary

Chase & Holland is seeking a Purchase Ledger Team Leader in West Drayton to join a well-established finance function. The role combines hands-on ledger duties with leading a small team across multiple entities, driving process improvements and ensuring accurate supplier payments.

You will contribute to cash flow forecasting, month-end support, and reconciliations while developing colleagues and maintaining high standards across the team.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within Purchase Ledger or Accounts Payable
• Strong understanding of invoice processing and supplier payments
• Experience training or supervising colleagues would be advantageous
• Excellent attention to detail for high-volume transactions
• Confident Excel skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills
• Proactive hands-on approach to improving processes

Responsibilities

• Overseeing day-to-day purchase ledger activities, ensuring invoices are accurately processed, coded and matched against purchase orders
• Preparing, reviewing and approving supplier payment runs
• Completing daily bank reconciliations across three business entities
• Managing supplier statement reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and resolving queries
• Supporting cash flow forecasting, analysis of historical transactions and upcoming payments
• Reviewing accruals and supporting month-end processes, including nominal analysis and management accounts preparation
• Maintaining and improving purchase ledger procedures, controls and processes to drive accuracy and efficiency
• Providing guidance, support and training to colleagues, helping develop knowledge and maintain high standards across the team

Skills

Purchase Ledger experience

Invoice processing

Supplier payments

Reconciliations

Excel skills

Organisational skills

Proactive hands-on

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Chase & Holland is seeking a Purchase Ledger Team Leader in West Drayton to join a well-established finance function. The role combines hands-on ledger duties with leading a small team across multiple entities, driving process improvements and ensuring accurate supplier payments.

You will contribute to cash flow forecasting, month-end support, and reconciliations while developing colleagues and maintaining high standards across the team.