Accounts Payable Team Leader

We are looking for another motivated team member to join our busy Company Accounts team who continue to support the phenomenal growth of the business. You will be joining an expanding business that offers great career opportunities.

Location: Teddington, TW11

Hours: Monday-Friday 8.30am-5.30pm

Salary: £36,000 - £38,000

Key Responsibilities
- Managing and coordinating the day-to-day activities of the AP Team to ensure that service levels are maintained to an extremely high standard.
- Act as the primary point of escalation, investigating and resolving disputes related to processes promptly.
- Maintain AP inbox.
- Performing supervisory controls over payment batches, checking details of the invoices to be paid and approving for final review.
- Ensure month-end tasks are completed accurately and on time in accordance with departmental deadlines, including ledger reconciliations.
- Managing the Barclaycard account including administration for new and replacement cards, monitoring card usage, reconciling monthly statements, uploading monthly statements, reviewing and posting coded transactions and resolving any problems.
- Maintain strong relationships with our suppliers, internal departments and other stakeholders. Be the point of escalation for any disputes, discrepancies or payment
issues.
- Carry out 6 monthly colleague reviews, chair monthly team meetings and organise regular catchups with the 4 accounts payable team.
- Complete the reconciliation of bank statements daily.
- Continuously look to identify and support the implementation of any process and/or system improvements.
- Maintain accurate data entry and ensure precise processing of all postings.
- Supporting management with other ad-hoc duties as required.
- Ensure that stringent checks and safeguards are in place to eliminate any potential for fraud or deceit.

Skills & Requirements
- Experience in managing an Accounts Payable Team.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Familiarity with managing multiple entities and intercompany transactions.
- Proven problem solving, organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Competent with Excel (Pivot tables, Lookup’s etc.)
- Proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.