Role: Accounts Payable Team Lead
Salary: Up to £40k
Location: Leeds
Maternity contract
We are recruiting for an experienced Transactional finance leader to join a contemporary hospitality company. You will work amongst a passionate, fun and driven team in contemporary open plan offices and be a key part of the finance leadership team.
Role overview:
You will be a key part of the finance team, supporting the Finance Manager:
1. Leading, mentoring, supporting and motivating a small team.
2. Developing processes and controls across the transactional Finance team, improving efficiency of the team and the accuracy of its output.
3. Ensuring all site bank reconciliations are reconciled on a weekly basis and transactional entries entered into Sage Intacct accurately including processing of site business sheets.
4. Ensure supplier accounts are fully reconciled to supplier statements on a monthly basis.
5. Ensure timely processing and payment of all invoices received by the business including direct debit payment allocations.
6. Closely monitor supplier accounts to ensure cash flow is maximised with supplier accounts being paid to terms.
7. Ensure invoices are authorised by relevant individuals prior to payment, new suppliers are set up correctly and regularly maintained in Sage Intacct.
8. Chase outstanding credit notes and deal with supplier queries in a timely manner and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers.
The candidate:
1. At least 2 years' experience in a similar role in a finance department.
2. Prior line management experience.
3. Experience of using Sage Intacct is desired, or other similar accounting software.
4. Experience of using Paperless is desired.
5. Experience of Procure Wizard is desired.
6. Strong Microsoft Office skills.
7. Attention to detail.
8. Good organisational skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise.
9. Confident communicator both written and verbally.
10. Excellent analytical and presentation skills.
11. Ability to work and think independently but also as part of a team.
Benefits:
Great company culture & benefits, competitive salary.
Hesketh James Recruitment are the managing agent for this role on behalf of the client.
In order to ensure your enquiry with regards to this position is dealt with quickly, please send in an up-to-date copy of your Curriculum Vitae in a Word Document format.
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