Job Description
Accounts Payable Team Leader \nLeicester \nSalary circa £35,000 \nFull Time, Permanent \n \nSF Recruitment are recruiting for an Accounts Payable Team Leader to join a fantastic and thriving business based in Leicester. My client is offering hybrid working, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and flexible working hours. \n \nKey Responsibilities: \n- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the purchase ledger team, ensuring all invoices, payments, and queries are processed in a timely and accurate manner.
\n- Lead, mentor, and develop team members, fostering a positive and collaborative working environment. \n- Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and financial regulations. \n- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across multiple systems, identifying root causes and implementing long-term solutions.
\n- Monitor and reconcile accounts payable ledgers, ensuring accuracy and resolving discrepancies promptly. \n- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers and other departments. \n- Contribute to process improvement initiatives, leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
\n- Produce regular reports and provide insights to senior management on purchase ledger performance. \n \nWhat We Are Looking For: \n- Proven experience in a purchase ledger role, with experience in a supervisory or team leader capacity. \n- Experience of cash and banking reporting, including company expenses, internet banking and bank reconciliations \n- Strong understanding of accounts payable processes and financial controls.
\n- Exceptional troubleshooting skills, particularly across multiple systems and platforms. \n- Excellent communication and leadership abilities, with the capacity to motivate and guide a team. \n- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an eye for detail.
\n- Experience of high-volume transactional data entry. \n- Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and meet tight deadlines. \n \nThe successful applicant will have strong purchase ledger experience, a good working knowledge of excel systems, good attention to detail and a hardworking and proactive attitude.
In return you will join a highly successful and stable business who truly invest in their employees. \n \nIf this role appeals to you please apply for immediate consideration