Accounts Payable & Receivable Team Leader – Hybrid

Location: Guildford, Surrey

Salary: £30.00 per hour PAYE + additional holiday pay

Contract: Temporary until 30 June 2027

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Working Pattern: Hybrid – exact arrangements to be confirmed

Accounts Payable & Receivable Team Leader

Guildford | Hybrid Working | £30.00 per hour PAYE

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Accounts Payable & Receivable Team Leader to join a well-established organisation in Guildford on a temporary contract running until June 2027.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident, hands-on finance professional who enjoys managing people, improving processes and ensuring the smooth running of a busy transactional finance department.

The position offers hybrid working, with the exact office and home working arrangements currently being finalised.

The Role

You will take responsibility for overseeing both the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions, leading and supporting the finance team to ensure accurate, efficient and compliant financial operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise and support the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams.
• Manage workloads, allocate resources and monitor team performance.
• Oversee purchase ledger, sales ledger, supplier payments and financial reconciliations.
• Lead month-end and year-end procedures, including control accounts.
• Monitor service KPIs and prepare financial management reports.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, VAT and CIS requirements.
• Resolve complex financial queries and manage escalations.
• Identify opportunities to improve systems, processes and operational efficiency.
• Provide training, mentoring and guidance to team members.
• Work closely with Finance, Procurement and IT departments.

About You

We are looking for an experienced finance professional who can demonstrate:

• Previous experience managing or supervising an Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable team – essential.
• Strong practical knowledge of both purchase and sales ledger functions.
• Experience managing workloads, meeting deadlines and monitoring team performance.
• Good understanding of month-end procedures, reconciliations and financial controls.
• Knowledge of VAT and CIS requirements.
• Excellent Excel skills and confidence using financial systems.
• Strong communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive, supportive and professional approach to team management.

Experience with financial systems such as Proactis, Oracle, SAP or similar would be advantageous.

Previous local authority or public sector experience would be beneficial, although candidates from commercial backgrounds are equally welcome.

What Is on Offer?

• £30.00 per hour PAYE. + holiday pay in addition to hourly rate
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• 37-hour working week, Monday to Friday.
• Temporary contract until 30 June 2027.
• Opportunity to take responsibility for a busy finance function within an established organisation.

Interested?

If you have strong transactional finance experience and enjoy leading and developing a team, we would love to hear from you.

If your application is successful, you will be contacted shortly.

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