Purchase Ledger Team Leader

Description

Purchase Ledger Team Leader - West Drayton - Up to £40,000

Full-Time - Permanent - 26 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Chase & Holland are delighted to be partnering with a well-established, growing business operating within the infrastructure and specialist services sector, who are looking to recruit an experienced Purchase Ledger Team Leader to join their finance function in West Drayton.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious finance professional looking to take the next step in their career, combining hands-on purchase ledger responsibilities with the opportunity to support and develop a team, improve processes and take ownership of key financial activities across multiple business entities. With exposure to cash flow, reconciliations and management accounts, this role offers far more variety and responsibility than a traditional purchase ledger position!

What's Great About This Opportunity?

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and an additional wellness day

Support and develop colleagues, sharing your knowledge and helping drive team performance

Gain valuable experience across cash flow forecasting, reconciliations and management accounts

Take ownership of processes, identify improvements and help shape how the function operates

Work across three business entities, adding variety and complexity to your responsibilities

Join an organisation with a strong reputation and exciting opportunities ahead

Purchase Ledger Team Leader Responsibilities:

Overseeing day-to-day purchase ledger activities, ensuring invoices are accurately processed, coded and matched against purchase orders

Preparing, reviewing and approving supplier payment runs

Completing daily bank reconciliations across three business entities

Managing supplier statement reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and resolving queries

Supporting cash flow forecasting, analysis of historical transactions and upcoming payments

Reviewing accruals and supporting month-end processes, including nominal analysis and management accounts preparation

Maintaining and improving purchase ledger procedures, controls and processes to drive accuracy and efficiency

Providing guidance, support and training to colleagues, helping develop knowledge and maintain high standards across the team

Required Skills & Experience:

Previous experience within Purchase Ledger, Accounts Payable or a similar finance position

Strong understanding of invoice processing, supplier payments and reconciliations

Experience supporting, training or supervising colleagues would be advantageous

Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to manage high volumes of transactions accurately

Confident Excel skills and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritise competing deadlines

A proactive, hands-on approach with a genuine interest in improving processes and supporting others

Why Apply?

If you're looking for an opportunity to step into a more influential purchase ledger role where you can take ownership, develop others and broaden your finance experience, this could be the perfect next move! You'll join an established business where your contribution will be valued, with the opportunity to improve processes, support key financial activities and make a genuine difference to the wider finance function. xjnqpsq

Chase & Holland acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We specialise in finance, supply chain, HR, IT and office support recruitment and comfortably service Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire

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