Accounts Payable Team Leader | North Leicester | Temp to Perm | Up To £45,000 | Hybrid Are you a dedicated finance professional with experience leading purchase ledger functions? Macildowie is excited to be partnering with a well-established organisation in Leicestershire to bring on board an experienced Purchase Ledger Team Leader. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive team in a role that offers stability and the chance to make a meaningful impact on a temp-to-perm basis. Accounts Payable Team Leader Salary: Up to £45k Location: North Leicester Flexibility: Hybrid working About the Role: As the Accounts Payable Team Leader, you'll report directly to the Finance Manager, overseeing the purchase ledger function across the group. You'll lead a team of seven Finance Assistants, ensuring all supplier payments are processed with accuracy and efficiency. Your expertise will be crucial in managing key supplier relationships, resolving discrepancies, and supporting the internal on boarding of suppliers. Key Responsibilities: Team Leadership : Guide and mentor a team of Finance Assistants, distribute workload, and ensure team objectives are met. Transactional Processing : Oversee the processing of invoices, expenses, and payments, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. Supplier Relationships : Build strong partnerships with suppliers, handling disputes and ensuring smooth collaboration. Internal Support : Assist in on boarding suppliers and addressing payment terms or process queries from across the business. Process Improvement : Drive efficiency's and enhancements within the purchase ledger processes. Compliance : Maintain adherence to internal controls, financial regulations, and audit requirements. Who We're Looking For: We're looking for someone with proven experience in a Purchase Ledger or Accounts Payable role and at least two years in a supervisory capacity. You'll have a solution-focused mind-set and enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Ideal Experience and Skills: Experience with accounting software (Sage 50 and SAP Concur are a plus) and strong Excel skills. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration with internal teams and suppliers. Software implementation experience is a bonus but not essential. If you're a motivated leader with a passion for finance and a drive to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you Apply today to explore this opportunity to take the next step in your career with Macildowie. Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography. Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process. If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise. Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.