Finance Team Leader

Walters People: Finance Team Leader - Birmingham - Permanent - £33,000 - £35,000 - Hybrid.

I am currently working alongside a leading business based in Birmingham in their recruitment of a Finance Team Leader on a permanent basis.

Key Responsibilities of the Finance Team Leader:
* Responsible for the day-to-day management of the agent's accounts payable team with direct line management of 5 staff
* To ensure that the creditor's ledger is operated accurately, efficiently and to agreed timescale, and ensure that the creditors are paid accurately and on time
* To ensure smooth operation of the weekly payment runs and adequate checks to ensure that the correct payments are made to the correct creditors
* Oversee the production of relevant weekly and monthly reports and prepare monthly financial analysis on payments and expenditure to internal stakeholders
* To be proactive and take initiatives to review and make suggestions to improve processes and procedures in relation to accounting systems, reconciliation processes and procedures and to drive best practice
* To provide excellent customer service, manage and maintain good relationship with the internal and external stakeholders, in particular our key suppliers
* Ensure appropriate financial controls are in place and functioning effectively

About you as the Finance Team Leader:
* Exceptional attention to detail
* Excellent organisational skills
* The ability to build relationships across teams
* Ability to work under pressure and use own initiative
* Ability to explore/interrogate, understand and improve processes
* Strong analytical, negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills to help resolve queries and issues
* Strong team management and process management skills.
* Experience of managing an accounts payable team in a dynamic organisation
* Relevant accounts payable knowledge and experience of control account reconciliations
* Familiar with both transaction and management accounting functions
* Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
* Experience of working with multiple systems for day to day work
* PQE within a high-growth / PE-backed business (desirable)

If you want to be considered for this role, all applicants must submit CVs online or send to

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