Accounts Payable Team Leader

Accounts Payable Team Leader Leicester Salary circa £35,000 Full Time, PermanentSF 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. Key Responsibilities: - 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. - Lead, mentor, and develop team members, fostering a positive and collaborative working environment. - Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and financial regulations. - Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across multiple systems, identifying root causes and implementing long-term solutions. - Monitor and reconcile accounts payable ledgers, ensuring accuracy and resolving discrepancies promptly. - Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers and other departments. - Contribute to process improvement initiatives, leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and accuracy. - Produce regular reports and provide insights to senior management on purchase ledger performance. What We Are Looking For: - Proven experience in a purchase ledger role, with experience in a supervisory or team leader capacity. - Experience of cash and banking reporting, including company expenses, internet banking and bank reconciliations - Strong understanding of accounts payable processes and financial controls. - Exceptional troubleshooting skills, particularly across multiple systems and platforms. - Excellent communication and leadership abilities, with the capacity to motivate and guide a team. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an eye for detail. - Experience of high-volume transactional data entry. - Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and meet tight deadlines. The 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. If this role appeals to you please apply for immediate consideration.