JOB TITLE - Transactional Team Leader LOCATION - Chorley DEPARTMENT - Corporate Overhead POSITION - Staff CLEARANCE - BPSS This is a role for NIS Holdings Ltd. NIS Holdings Ltd is a private investment holding company based in the United Kingdom. The company operates through two major subsidiaries that provide specialist engineering and manufacturing services across diverse sectors, including nuclear, and defence: NIS Ltd: A provider of bespoke design and manufacture for plant and equipment, particularly for civil and defence nuclear sectors, science, and technology. NSG Environmental Ltd: Focuses on nuclear decommissioning, waste management, and environmental services. The Role The Transactional Team Leader will oversee the day-to-day operation of accounts receivable, accounts payable, credit card, and petty cash processes. They will uphold and drive accurate and timely processing of sales invoicing, credit control, requisitions, purchase orders, goods receipting, invoice matching, and supplier payments. With a small number of customers and concentrated client base, sales processing and credit control requirements are relatively simple. However, the Team Leader will still ensure transactions are processed correctly, balances are monitored, and issues are resolved promptly to support timely cash collection and accurate reporting whilst driving improved efficiency in this area. Leading a small team, initially of three, the Team Leader will allocate workload, provide coaching, strengthen controls, improve efficiency, and ensure a consistent, high-quality service. They will champion best practice, build capability, and support a proactive, service-focused culture. Working closely with the Procurement Department, the Team Leader will help maintain strong purchasing discipline across the organisation. They will act as the first point of escalation for internal teams and suppliers, resolving disputes quickly and reducing aged creditor items so we maintain strong payment practise standards. A key focus of the role is improving process efficiency, data quality, behaviours and compliance across the P2P cycle. The Team Leader will monitor KPIs, reduce exceptions and disputes, and support a clean month-end close through effective GRNI management, strong controls and accurate cut-off. They will produce insight into root causes, highlight trends and identify opportunities for improvement which can be rolled out and implemented by operational teams. The Team Leader will support improved visibility of process performance through clear reporting and dashboard insights, helping Finance and Procurement make data-led decisions The role also plays a key part in strengthening financial governance and ensuring policies are consistently applied across the Group. The Team Leader will build strong relationships across Finance, Procurement, Operations and Site teams, supporting a collaborative service culture and becoming a trusted partner to the business. This is a new role that enables Finance to deliver strategic aims and strengthen the end-to-end sales and purchasing process across the business. The Team Leader will have close support from the Group Financial Controller but will have clear scope to take ownership, drive meaningful improvements, and shape how the transactional finance function operates going forward. Key Objectives Transactional Ownership: Take ownership of routine transactional delivery across both purchase ledger and sales. Ensure purchase orders, goods receipting, invoice matching and payment preparation are completed accurately and to agreed timeframes, stepping into activity where required to maintain workflow and good service levels. Sales Processing and Credit Control: Ensure sales transactions are processed correctly and debtor balances monitored. Given the small number of concentrated customer accounts, maintain simple but effective credit control routines. Act promptly to resolve delays or discrepancies and support strong cashflow discipline. Supplier Master Data : Maintain clean and controlled vendor records, verifying bank detail changes, performing compliance checks and preventing duplications or fraud risks. Credit Cards and Petty Cash Management: Oversee the administration, reconciliation, and control of company credit card spend and petty cash. Ensure transactions comply with company policy, supporting documentation is complete and exceptions are investigated and resolved in a timely and transparent manner. Mailbox Rota / Service Standards: Coordinate the shared inbox rota, triage queries, and ensure response and resolution SLAs are met. Escalate early where bottlenecks or approval delays arise. Team Leadership and Development: Allocate workload, support team members, and provide coaching on good practice. Build resilience through cross-training, promote accountability, and lead by example, particularly during peak periods or when addressing complex queries. Behavioural Improvement and Process Efficiency : Monitor KPIs and identify the root causes of recurring issues such as mismatches, missing GRNs, late approvals or incomplete information. Influence behaviours to strengthen purchasing discipline, reduce disputes, and drive cleaner data and faster cycle times. Reporting, Insight & Dashboard Development: Support the development, maintenance and publication of dashboards and reporting that provide visibility over P2P performance from a purchase ledger perspective. Use insight to highlight trends, pinpoint risks, and inform behavioural or process improvements across the business. Dispute Resolution: Act as the first escalation point for internal queries and supplier disputes. Drive reductions in overdue aged creditor items, particularly those aged over 61 days. Help build confidence through timely resolution and clear communication. Month-End and Audit Support: Support month-end activity by contributing to GRNI review, accruals, cut-off accuracy and reconciliation work. Maintain transparent records and respond to audit requests accurately and efficiently. Contribution to Improvement and Change Projects: Actively contribute to broader improvement initiatives, including expenses process enhancements, the exploration of petty-cash alternatives, automation opportunities, and systems development. Challenge legacy practices and help embed a continuous-improvement mindset across the function. Person Specification Qualifications Good standard of education (GCSE or equivalent, including Maths & English) - Essential AAT Level 3 or above, or equivalent bookkeeping qualification - Desirable Training in lean/process improvement or internal controls - Desirable IOSH Managing Safely or Level 2 Health & Safety in the Workplace or equivalent - Relevant training will be provided if required Experience & Knowledge Supervision of an AP/purchase ledger team with direct reports - Essential End-to-end P2P: PO, receipting/GRN, matching, invoice workflow and payment runs - Essential Experience improving Month-end: GRNI review and reducing cut-off - Essential Dispute resolution with suppliers & stakeholders. Confident escalation - Essential Strong Excel (lookups/XLOOKUP, pivots); comfortable with data quality - Essential Strong understanding of VAT on AP (incl. self-billing/reverse charge as applicable) - Essential Full understanding of Credit card and petty cash administration, reconciliation & policy compliance - Essential Experience of running a shared mailbox rota and AP helpdesk SLAs - Essential Experience of working with Procurement on Improvements, catalogues and preferred suppliers - Desirable Experience of using expenses systems and both manual invoicing and e-invoicing/OCR workflows - Desirable Used to dealing with confidential and commercial information - Desirable Familiar with QSHEW operating procedures and requirements etc - Desirable Skills & Abilities Strong IT skills, including MS Excel. Competent user of MS Office - Essential Can prioritise and get hands dirty to clear bottlenecks - Essential Sets/monitors KPIs; turns insight into action - Essential Clear written & verbal communication, steady with challenging conversations - Essential Organised, methodical, strong attention to detail and control mindset - Essential Trains, coaches and cross-trains to remove single-point-of-failure risk (SOP’s). Comfortable improving SOPs and documenting processes - Essential Ability to learn and navigate finance systems quickly - Essential Database/records maintenance - Essential Package Hours - 37.5 hours per week Life Assurance 3x Salary Private Healthcare package Pension – Company contributes 5% Individual contributes 4% Discretionary bonus 187.5 hours per year holiday allowance Professional memberships covered Large Training and Development budge available. NSG Environmental are a Disability Confident Committed Employer