Joint Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Team Lead (Hybrid)

Joint Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Team Lead (Hybrid) needed in Guildford, £30ph

PAYE – Reference: 5308511

Hybrid role with a minimum of 2 office days per week.Based across Guildford (Millmead) and Godalming (The Burys), with attendance at both sites required.

• Responsible for leading and managing the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable specialists, ensuring effective supervision, workload planning, and resource allocation to maintain high
• levels of performance and service delivery.
• Deputises for the Joint AP/AR Manager by monitoring team capacity, driving efficiency, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across the collaboration.

Accountable for service KPIs, sets priorities and allocates resources, manages staff, owns governance and compliance, approves escalations, and delivers process improvements.

• Provide regular progress updates and performance reports to the AP/AR Manager
• Provide service training to new and junior members of staff
• Lead in AP/AR compliance checks, data governance, and policy enforcement
• Lead month-end and year-end procedures for the purchase ledger and control accounts
• Review VAT/CIS treatment and ensure tax compliance in team transactions
• Identify gaps in skills; plan and deliver team training and mentoring
• Facilitate cooperation with Procurement, Finance, and IT for workflow integration
• Deliver ad hoc AP/AR management reports for budget monitoring and cash flow
• Deal with risk, fraud, or resource issues promptly, or where relevant, escalated to the AP/AR Manager promptly
• Be the lead contact for AP/AR issues.
• Act as the lead for AP/AR processes
• Administer and maintain external finance systems, including NXG Forensics and Proactis, acting as the primary system owner and point of contact for configuration, access, and issue resolution.

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.

Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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