Accounts Payable Team Leader
Application Deadline: 3 May 2024
Department: Accounts
Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Location: Alternative Heat Head Office
Reporting To: Finance Manager
Description
The opportunity has arisen to join an industry leader in UK's & Ireland's Building Services sector. Alternative Heat design, develop and deliver a wide range of offsite-prefabricated, innovative, and sustainable building service solutions throughout the UK & Europe.
We specialise in the design, supply, and installation of a wide range of prefabricated energy solutions, typically built in NI and shipped throughout the UK & Europe. We also offer turnkey design, build, and operate solutions for commercial energy centres and large-scale district heating solutions and have experience with successfully procuring and delivering many similar packages to a wide range of public bodies throughout UK & Europe.
Role Overview:
As the Accounts Payable Team Leader, you will play a crucial role in managing the accounts payable function within our organisation. You will report into the Finance Manager / HoF and support the wider finance team. You will lead a team of 3 staff members responsible for accurately processing invoices, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring timely payments. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with various departments to streamline processes, implement new key performance indicators (KPIs), and drive efficiency across the accounts payable function.
| Job Title | Account Payable Team Leader
| Location | Head Office - Banbridge
| Hours | Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-3pm
| Salary | Competitive Depending on Experience
| Responsible to | Finance Manager
Key Responsibilities
* Oversee the accounts payable function and ensure timely and accurate
* processing of invoices and payments
* Develop and monitor performance metrics for the AP team
* Setting and facilitating the achievement of team objectives
* Ensure accurate and timely month-end and year-end close processes for accounts payable
* Review month end supplier reconciliations and approve the weekly and monthly payment runs.
* Collaborate with other departments, such as procurement and stores, to ensure prompt resolution of queries and timely and accurate payment of invoices
* Review and approval of company credit cards transactions
* Provide guidance on financial transactions to the operational team and ensure compliance when posting and transacting foreign invoices for both UK & ROI entities
* Maintain and develop accounts payable policies and ensure standard operating procedures are up to date
* Monitor and analyse accounts payable processes and recommend improvements
* to increase efficiency and accuracy
* Train and develop the team, including setting performance goals and
* conducting performance evaluations and supporting personal development
* Assist with audits and provide relevant documentation and support as needed
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Essential Criteria:
* Minimum 3-5 years transactional finance experience in medium organisations
* Experience working across entities including foreign based ones.
* Excellent data manipulation and Excel skills
* Attention to detail, take pride in the quality and accuracy of their work.
* Diligent and hard working
* Confident working under pressure
* Positive, can-do attitude
Desirable Criteria:
* Experience in Microsoft Power BI
* AAT Technician Level with proven experience in the finance function
* Experience of designing and implementing new reporting / management information in an efficient manner
* History of implementing change within a function you have managed
* Dealing with German transactions
* Construction industry experience
Benefits
* Full in-house training and career development opportunities
* Competitive pension scheme
* Life assurance scheme
* Health cash plan
* Free annual health check during working hours
* 30 days annual leave increasing in line with length of service.
* Social events organised for all employees throughout the year via our Health and Wellbeing committee.
* Secure, free onsite parking
* Free Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Tea, and Fruit provided daily.
* Friendly and supportive working environment in state-of-the-art facilities
Alternative Heat is an equal opportunities employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr