Accounts Payable Team Leader

Accounts Payable Team Leader

Salary: £20 per hour

Location: Birmingham

Keywords: Accounts Payable, Team Leader, Finance, Supplier Management

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Accounts Payable Team Leader to join a dynamic and fast-paced environment on an interim contract. This role offers the chance to lead a dedicated team, ensuring efficient and timely processing of compliant invoices and purchase order matching. The successful candidate will be responsible for diligently maintaining up-to-date supplier accounts and managing incoming enquiries. With a competitive salary of £20 per hour, this Birmingham-based role is perfect for someone who thrives in a challenging, yet rewarding environment.

• Lead a dedicated Accounts Payable team in a dynamic environment
• Manage key supplier accounts and handle incoming enquiries
• Competitive salary of £20 per hour based in Birmingham

What you'll do:

As an Accounts Payable Team Leader, you will play a pivotal role in managing a dedicated team, ensuring efficient processing of invoices and purchase order matching. You will be responsible for diligently maintaining up-to-date supplier accounts, handling incoming enquiries, and acting as the point of escalation for both internal and external customers. Your leadership skills will be crucial in providing support to your team members, fostering their development, and representing the Accounts Payable team in various settings. Your keen eye for detail will aid in identifying process failures, allowing you to provide necessary guidance to prevent future issues.

• Manage the Accounts Payable Team, setting priorities and conducting regular meetings
• Maintain up-to-date supplier accounts for key suppliers
• Handle incoming enquiries in a timely manner
• Act as the point of escalation for both internal and external customers
• Manage and resolve supplier queries as required
• Responsible for the reconciliation of key supplier statements
• Provide leadership and support to team members, ensuring their development and training requirements are met
• Represent the Accounts Payable team in internal or external meetings
• Identify process failures and provide necessary support/guidance to prevent recurrence

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for this Accounts Payable Team Leader position brings extensive experience from a similar role within the UK construction industry. A deep understanding of the CIS scheme is essential, along with knowledge of Hire suppliers. You are known for your excellent numeracy skills, attention to detail, efficiency, diligence, accuracy, reliability, and self-motivation. Proficiency in MS Office 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel) is a must. Your experience in leading large teams will be invaluable in this role.

• Extensive experience in a similar role within the UK construction industry
• Understanding of the CIS scheme
• Knowledge of Hire supplier would be desirable
• Excellent numeracy skills with attention to detail and efficient processing skills
• Self-motivated, diligent, accurate, and reliable
• Proficient use of MS Office 365 - Outlook, Word, Excel
• Experience leading large teams

What sets this company apart:

Our client is a renowned organisation that values teamwork, planning, communication, and customer awareness. They understand the importance of managing costs and expenses while being responsive and open to changing circumstances. They aim for excellence in all they do and are committed to delivering customer satisfaction. This is an opportunity to join a company that values its employees and offers opportunities for personal and professional growth.

What's next:

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This role is managed by Walters People entity which is a temporary recruitment agency.