Finance Team Leader - Accounts Receivable

Our local government clients in Lambeth, Southwest London, are recruiting for a Finance Team Leader Accounts Receivable. To proactively develop relationships and work with services and support functions to ensure processes are followed, and to serve as a point of contact for relevant Heads of Service/Directors and suppliers. This also includes continuous improvements in business support, communication, process design, dispute resolution, and task automation. To lead and develop a proactive team of staff who take ownership, accept personal responsibility, demonstrate accountability, are customer-focused, and collaborate with others inside and outside Finance to deliver outcomes.

Responsibilities

• To take proactive responsibility for the development of financial competence and awareness of the correct exchequer processes for end users to use, including compliance with them.
• To lead, develop, and drive the changing role of finance to become a proactive, ownership-taking service that maximises the benefits of technological change, focuses on becoming a data-led, value-added professional advisory and support function, whilst ensuring appropriate controls are in place for transitional processing.

Qualification Essential

• GCSE Grade (or equivalent) in English Language and Mathematics.
• CCAB (or equivalent) qualified or actively studying towards a CCAB qualification.
• Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), social media and CRM.

Criteria to be Evaluated at the Shortlisting Stage - About You

• Detailed Understanding of local government (or other appropriate public sector body) exchequer services, including payable and receivable and income control.
• Proven knowledge of the requirements of delivering excellent financial performance in a large, complex service organisation.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain (verbal and written) complex financial information and processes to non-experts, including strong stakeholder management with colleagues across finance, procurement, business support, ICT and services.
• Have a clear Understanding of the framework of financial control and good practice within statutory and professional requirements.
• Understanding of the statutory requirements of local government.
• Understanding of the requirements of procurement and payment legislation, including VAT law.
• Experience of leading and working at a senior level of local government exchequer services, including managing staff effectively; taking responsibility for recruitment, performance management and engagement of staff.
• Demonstrable advanced skills in I.T. applications, including purchasing and accounts payable modules, finance system applications, general ledger and other aligned financial modules (such as Mosaic).
• Demonstrable advanced skills in Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Demonstrable ability to lead and coach a team to ensure the service offer is optimal.
• Demonstrable ability to lead a training culture to ensure services use the purchasing and accounts payable processes efficiently and effectively.
• Demonstrable consistency in dealing with suppliers and service users.
• Proven track record of financial control and advice in local government finance or a similarly regulated environment.
• Demonstrable experience in project management and successful implementation of projects, including change management and business process redesign.

Essential Compliance Requirements

• 3 Years References, including current employment.
• Willing to engage in the mandatory pre-screening application process.

Diamond Blaque Group, a leading public-sector provider, is acting as the employment agency for this vacancy. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that values diversity and equal opportunity in the workplace.