Accounts Payable Team Lead

At CareCo, we make every day easier for people.

All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.

As the UK's leading mobility retailer, our goal is to make sure that everybody who needs a helping hand not only gets one, but that they get the one that works for them. A career at CareCo is about being part of a team that helps to achieve that.

Our Accounts Payable Team Leader is a key member of the Finance Department, providing high level support to the team and the wider organisation. CareCo continues to experience a high level of growth as a company, and this role is pivotal in ensuring our Finance Department is aligned with the continued challenges faced with such growth. This is a fast paced, high volume, transactional role that requires a high calibre individual with a proven track record of delivering successful outcomes and leading a team of people.

This is a full-time permanent position, covering 37.5 hours over a Monday to Friday week, based out of CareCo’s Braintree site.

What are my responsibilities?

• Responsible for the effective and efficient running of the Accounts Payable function and all related outflows of the business.
• Team Leader of AP Assistants with monthly one to ones and appraisals.
• Identify and take ownership of efficiency improvements to be made and highlight these to SLT in a report.
• Controlling the Accounts Payable mailbox, posting supplier documents ensuring they’re coded correctly in the system.
• Preparing the weekly supplier and employee expense payment runs.
• Ensure approvals are managed and followed up weekly with the designated approver.
• Ensuring the supplier statements are reconciled and anomalies investigated immediately.
• Ensure all Standing Order and Direct Debit payments are processed and reflected correctly in the ledgers, and a register of Standing Orders and Direct Debits is maintained and accurate.
• Provide month-end review of the Creditors ledger, by reporting and providing commentary on the supplier debit balances.
• Maintaining supplier master data.
• Ensure debit balances are resolved within four weeks, provide reporting on this as part of the month-end close process.
• Communicating with suppliers to process invoicing or payment queries.
• Dealing with external and internal queries by phone and email.
• Any other ad-hoc duty as required.

What qualifications & skills are required of me?

What would working for CareCo offer me?