Accounts Supervisor

ASAP start available, 3-6 month contract initially, with potential for permanent

Location: Ross-on-Wye / 3 days a week in the office
Salary: £37,500 - £45,000 per annum

Are you an experienced finance professional who enjoys leading a team while remaining hands-on in day-to-day operations?

We're looking for an Accounts Supervisor to oversee key transactional finance activities across accounts payable, accounts receivable, expenses and banking. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys balancing people leadership with operational excellence. You'll play a vital role in ensuring the smooth running of core finance processes while helping drive continuous improvement across the function.

Working closely with the finance leadership team, you'll support the development of finance operations, provide guidance to junior team members and help maintain the high standards of accuracy, control and service that the business depends upon.

The Opportunity

As Accounts Supervisor, you'll be responsible for coordinating and improving daily finance operations, ensuring suppliers are paid on time, customer transactions are accurately processed and banking activities are completed efficiently. You'll also act as a key point of support for the wider finance team, helping to identify opportunities for process improvements and ensuring robust financial controls are maintained.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and support a team responsible for purchase ledger, sales ledger and banking activities.
• Ensure supplier invoices, employee expenses and customer transactions are processed accurately and within agreed timescales.
• Monitor payment cycles and maintain strong relationships with both internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Review reconciliations and investigate discrepancies to ensure issues are resolved promptly.
• Support cash management processes, including payment runs, bank reconciliations and banking administration.
• Produce meaningful management information and operational reports to support decision-making.
• Assist with month-end and year-end activities, ensuring deadlines are achieved and records remain accurate.
• Maintain and improve finance procedures, controls and system documentation.
• Monitor compliance with approval processes and company policies.
• Support the ongoing development of finance systems and ways of working.

About You

You'll be an organised and proactive finance professional with strong transactional accounting experience and a passion for delivering excellent service.

We're particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Experience supervising or managing finance teams.
• Strong knowledge of accounts payable OR accounts receivable OR banking and expense processes.
• Confidence working with ERP systems and Microsoft Excel.
• A detail-oriented approach with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships across all levels of the business.
• Commercial awareness and a focus on continuous improvement.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience within the construction, infrastructure or engineering sectors.
• Exposure to finance systems such as Evision.
• AAT qualification or equivalent finance qualification.
• Several years' experience within a busy finance team environment.

Why Join?

This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of a critical finance function within a growing organisation. You'll be given the autonomy to make improvements, develop your leadership capabilities and play an important role in supporting the wider success of the business.

If you're looking for a position that combines team leadership, operational finance and process improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now to take the next step in your finance career.